I hope this helps. I typed cdrecord -scanbus as root and had the following:
linux:~ # cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to
http://www.suse.de/feedbackNote: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
If the cdrecord is bad, how can it be replaced?