Re: [PLUG] SCSI CD-RW not being recorgnized as RW

[LeRoy Cressy <leroy@lrcressy.com>]

Michael Leone wrote:
> 
> I know I used to have this working ...
> 
> I have a scsi CD-RW, which is seen and semi-recognized at boot ..
> 
> Mar 19 23:45:10 minas-aran kernel: scsi0 : BusLogic BT-930
> Mar 19 23:45:10 minas-aran kernel:   Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: CD-R   PX-W124TS  Rev: 1.05
> Mar 19 23:45:10 minas-aran kernel:   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> Further along, I see this:
> 
> Mar 19 23:52:18 minas-aran kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> Mar 19 23:52:18 minas-aran kernel: devfs: devfs_register(): device already registered: "cd"
> Mar 19 23:52:18 minas-aran kernel: devfs: devfs_register(): device already registered: "cdrom1"
> 
> However, cdrecord doesn't believe it's there ...
> 
> [root@minas-aran log]# cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
You need to run cdrecord as root or if you have the sudo package
installed and you are on the sudoers list then run:

sudo cdrecord --scanbus



> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
> 
> [root@minas-aran log]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: PLEXTOR  Model: CD-R   PX-W124TS Rev: 1.05
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> Why does it think it's a CD-ROM, and not a CD-RW?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
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