> > cat /proc/ide/hdc/* > hdc.info > > -bash: hdc.info: No such file or directory > > > > Did you try the command exactly as it is this little '>' between the > '*' and hdc.info is very crutial. It tells bash to redirect all the > output of the 'cat' command to the file ./hdc.info (where './' means > your current directory). So after running the command as root this > file should be created! Yes I copy and pasted it just as you wrote it. tried it again and same thing > > > so i went into proc/ide/hdc and these were the contents > > > > capacity driver identify media model settings > > > > I want the contents of those files. So either you do a manual 'cat > capacity' and 'cat identify' can 'cat media' and 'cat model' etc etc > etc or you give the above command > that will expand to exactly that! okay [root@obsidian hdc]# cat /proc/ide/hdc/* 563096 ide-cdrom version 4.61 85c0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 312e 3033 2020 2020 414f 5045 4e20 2020 4344 2d52 5720 4352 5735 3233 3220 2020 2020 312e 3033 2032 3030 3331 3031 3320 0000 0000 0f00 0000 0200 0200 0006 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0007 0007 0003 0078 0078 00f0 0078 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0020 0013 4218 4000 4000 4218 0000 4000 0407 0000 0000 0000 0000 600f 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 cdrom AOPEN CD-RW CRW5232 1.03 20031013 name value min max mode ---- ----- --- --- ---- current_speed 66 0 70 rw dsc_overlap 0 0 1 rw ide-scsi 0 0 1 rw init_speed 12 0 70 rw io_32bit 1 0 3 rw keepsettings 0 0 1 rw nice1 1 0 1 rw number 2 0 3 rw pio_mode write-only 0 255 w unmaskirq 1 0 1 rw using_dma 1 0 1 rw [root@obsidian hdc]# cat /proc/ide/hdc/* > hdc.info -bash: hdc.info: No such file or directory [root@obsidian hdc]# ls capacity driver identify media model settings [root@obsidian hdc]# cat capacity 563096 [root@obsidian hdc]# cat driver ide-cdrom version 4.61 [root@obsidian hdc]# cat identify 85c0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 312e 3033 2020 2020 414f 5045 4e20 2020 4344 2d52 5720 4352 5735 3233 3220 2020 2020 312e 3033 2032 3030 3331 3031 3320 0000 0000 0f00 0000 0200 0200 0006 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0007 0007 0003 0078 0078 00f0 0078 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0020 0013 4218 4000 4000 4218 0000 4000 0407 0000 0000 0000 0000 600f 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 [root@obsidian hdc]# cat media cdrom [root@obsidian hdc]# cat model AOPEN CD-RW CRW5232 1.03 20031013 [root@obsidian hdc]# cat settings name value min max mode ---- ----- --- --- ---- current_speed 66 0 70 rw dsc_overlap 0 0 1 rw ide-scsi 0 0 1 rw init_speed 12 0 70 rw io_32bit 1 0 3 rw keepsettings 0 0 1 rw nice1 1 0 1 rw number 2 0 3 rw pio_mode write-only 0 255 w unmaskirq 1 0 1 rw using_dma 1 0 1 rw > > So to recapitulate if your drive is internal what to you have on USB? > Apparently the 'sg' module and 'scsi_mod' treat that something as a > SCSI storage device. the only thing on USB I have is a CF Card Reader. > So after posting the above post the result of > > ls -l /dev/cdrom > > so I can see where your /dev/cdrom points to. ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 17 22:10 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc thanks
