Jeff Vian wrote: >Look in dmesg and/or /var/log/messages to see what the device is called >when the system boots. Then use that to access it. I don't see anything relevant in dmesg at all in dmsg. This is what I see that is relevant in /var/log/messages: ... Feb 5 09:26:58 mail kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 Feb 5 09:26:58 mail kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0f.0 Feb 5 09:26:58 mail kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 01:00.0 Feb 5 09:26:58 mail kernel: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36 Feb 5 09:26:58 mail kernel: <Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter> Feb 5 09:26:58 mail kernel: aic7860: Ultra Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/253 SCBs Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: blk: queue de815414, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: (scsi0:A:2): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 15) Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 9200 Rev: 1.0e Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 04 Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: blk: queue df273e14, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0 Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 Feb 5 09:26:59 mail kernel: scsi : 0 hosts left. ,,, >Also look in /etc/fstab as another pointer. All that /etc/fstab has is /dev/cdrom, which is a symlink to /dev/scd0. Here is the relevant part I find in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf - class: CDROM bus: SCSI detached: 0 device: scd0 driver: ignore desc: "Hp CD-Writer+ 9200" host: 0 id: 2 channel: 0 lun: 0 generic: sg0 - That is where I found sg0 and why I tried dd from /dev/sg0. Charlie
