On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 05:15, Harald Hoyer wrote: > try this: > > # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATA: > > then edit /etc/cdrecord.conf and change the ATA:1,0,0 to whatever scanbus detects and you never have to specify the device again. # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATA: Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. scsidev: 'ATA:' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: -1 target: -1 lun: -1 Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.80-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.80 04/03/08 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get SCSI I/O buffer. Again, the writer is /dev/hdg, which is the master drive on the 4th IDE port. It works with growisofs. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/