I did run cdrecord as root and I got the same results. There seems to be quite a few people with this problem when I searched google, and all of them never quite get an answer. Austin On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 10:08, Jay Daniels wrote: > With the default permission only root and members of the disk group > can use /dev/scd0 > > You run cdrecord as root? > > I searched but could not find a compatibility list for cdrecord. Maybe > you should check that. > > And yes, cdrecord is a clone, no problem there. > > > jay > > On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 09:44:24AM -0700, Austin Isler wrote: > > 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 > > > >