Where is my CD-R?

John Thompson JohnThompson at new.rr.com
Wed Mar 10 22:25:53 UTC 2004


On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 21:32:00 -0500
Don Levey <fedora-list at the-leveys.us> wrote:

> OK, I know it's probably a silly question, but here goes:
> How can I determine which device is my CD burner?
> I'm trying to use k3b, gnometoaster, or xcdroast.  None of them seem
> to recognise that I've got a burner in the machine.  I'm sure there's
> a simple command to find this, but I don't know what it is.

Run "cdrecord --scanbus" and it will cough up a list of all SCSI (and
SCSI-emulated) devices on your system.  You should be able to pick it
out from the list.

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-John (JohnThompson at new.rr.com)





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