[NTLUG:Discuss] k3b not recognizing blank DVD

[agoats at compuserve.com]

this method is certain, the other is "iffy". I have one box with two DVD 
burners and neither is /dev/dvd, instead they are dvd0 and dvd1. Rather 
than try to guess whether Allen has two CD or DVD drives, I went for the 
old method that always works.

He got the info he needs, however. He has a 48x CD-RW/ 6x DVD-ROM combo 
drive.

Alvin

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> agoats at compuserve.com wrote:
>   
>> allen at allen-desktop:~$ cdrecord -scanbus
>> scsibus2:
>> 	2,0,0	200) 'HL-DT-ST' 'RW/DVD GCC-4482B' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM
>> 	2,1,0	201) *
>> 	2,2,0	202) *
>> 	2,3,0	203) *
>> 	2,4,0	204) *
>> 	2,5,0	205) *
>> 	2,6,0	206) *
>> 	2,7,0	207) *
>>
>> Shows your drive device number is 2,0,0, so run the following command:
>>
>> cdrecord -V -prcap dev=2,0,0
>>
>> That will give you the long, descriptive response of what your drive 
>> will do.  -scanbus finds where the drive is and how to address it as a 
>> specific SCSI device
>>     
>
> You can also get there with:
>
>     cdrecord -V -prcap dev=/dev/cdrom
>
> since the dev=0,0,0 form of the option is deprecated.
>
> ...Ken
>
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