does anybody know how to make a pacific digital burner work on red hat 9?
model 1930-16
serial number S33335

thats about all the information i can give you, but if you need more then just ask.

Is the burner IDE?? Most Pacific Digital drives I've seen are. This device should work OK. If you have an IDE cd-burner, try the following:

You can use the cdrecord command with the dev=ATAPI option to scan for your device and record CDs.

To determine your recording device, run the following command:

# cdrecord dev=ATAPI --scanbus

For example:,


Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: 'ATAPI'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
Warning: There may be fatal problems.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CDRW/DVD SM-348B' 'T502' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-ROM SC-148A ' 'B403' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *

Once you have determined the location of your recording device, you can then run the following command to test your device:

#cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 /path-to-filename/filename

where path-to-filename/filename is the location of the file you want to burn to your CD.

no the burner is not IDE its USB...do u know what same commands will work for a usb burner?

try running:

cdrecord --scanbus

and see if the drive is picked up.

i did that and this is what i got

drecord --scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jrg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

what do u think i should do?