USB CDRW problem - HP CD-Writer+ 8200 series

[Derek Broughton]

Dave M wrote:

> At 10:33 PM 2/20/2007 , you wrote:
>>Dave M wrote:
>> > I am having problems getting a USB CDRW drive working. I am using
>> > Ubuntu v6.06 and the drive is an HP CD-Writer Plus 8200 series.
>> >
>> > I am new at this so maybe I am looking at the wrong device?
>> >
>> > I assume it should be /dev/sda ?
>>
>>No, that's probably your hard drive.  Try /dev/sg0.
>>
That's not likely correct.  sg0 should be a "scsi generic" device, which is
a character, not a block, device.  sg0 seems to be some sort of control
device, as there generally seems to be such a device associated with each
scsi block device.

> I tried that and also /dev/sr0.

That's a symlink to /dev/scd0 on my system, which is the correct device.

hal-device-manager is probably the best way to find what it should be for
your system.
-- 
derek