Ronald Wiplinger writes:
I have an ACER CD-R/RW on the USB port. /var/log/message shows that if found it:
Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: Vendor: MiniRW Model: CD-R/RW 6X4X24 Rev: C.JN Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: USB Mass Storage device found at 2 Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered. Oct 20 08:55:01 ron insmod: Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-243-smp4G/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o Oct 20 08:55:01 ron insmod: Symbol version prefix 'smp_' Oct 20 08:55:01 ron insmod: Using /lib/modules/2.4.21-243-smp4G/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.o Oct 20 08:55:01 ron kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Oct 20 08:55:02 ron kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda pop-up Oct 20 08:55:02 ron kernel: usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 14
Q: How can I use it now?
You should now have a emulated SCSI CD device. You should be able to access it via /dev/sr0. If there is a ISO9660 data CD loaded, you can mount it: mount -tiso9660 -r /dev/sr0 /some_mount_point If you want to burn CDs, the burn program should be able to detect it as a SCSI3-MMC drive and use it. -Ti -- Ti Kan http://www.amb.org/ti Vorsprung durch Technik