HP USB 2.0 DVD+RW Drive Not Recognized?

[Thomas Cameron]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 13:55 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> Why is this saying "special device" ?

Because the devices under /dev are called special files - they are block
or character device files.

> Why is it trying to mount as a SCSI device ?  Because it is a CDROM ?

/dev/s* are typically SCSI device files

> What kernel are you using ?

[root at thomas ~]# uname -r
2.6.9-1.667smp

> I'm running -1.667.  I'll plug a USB device in and see what I get.  It
> worked yesterday...

I'm a dumbass - I found them:

[root at thomas ~]# ls -l /dev/dvd /dev/cdwriter /dev/cdrom 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 4 Nov  5 14:10 /dev/cdrom -> scd0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 4 Nov  5 14:10 /dev/cdwriter -> scd0
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 4 Nov  5 14:10 /dev/dvd -> scd0

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT