USB CDRW problem - HP CD-Writer+ 8200 series

[Matthew Flaschen]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> 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 need to direct CD burning to /dev/sg0 on my computer.  /dev/scd0 is
used for read.

Matthew Flaschen

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