Yes, my cdrw shows up when I use the scanbus flag. I have also tried "cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 some.iso" still yields the same results. Maybe its the cdrecord I use, its called cdrecord-clone. I dont know if that has anything to do with it. Austin On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 21:05, Jay Daniels wrote: > That's strange, when I type cdrecord by itself I get the usage > options. > > did you try "cdrecord -scanbus" to get the dev=scsi_bus/target/lun > numbers and then use "cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 some.iso"? > > I don't think you can mount a blank cdr anyway, since it has no file > system on it. > > > jay > > On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 06:56:02PM -0700, Austin Isler wrote: > > I checked the archives and the only answer it seemed to give me was to > > make sure I unmount my cdrw drive. Typing umount /mnt/cdrom yields > > umount: /mnt/cdrom is not mounted (according to mtab) > > > > When using K3b I get the error: > > > > cdrecord > > ----------------------- > > scsidev: '0,0,0' > > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 > > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. > > Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a19 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 > > J??rg Schilling > > TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA > > bailing out.. > > > > > > Austin >