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Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?



On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Qian Gong wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable
> the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error
> message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device." It seems the user
> should have to ability to access /dev/sg0. What's the relationship
> between /dev/scd0 and /dev/sg0? Thanks in advance.

Do you have this:
crw-rw----    1 root     cdrom     21,   0 Mar 14  2002 /dev/sg0

I'm not clear on all the relationships -- I do hope someone can respond
with an overview of how all the parts connect...

-- 
Bill Moseley moseley@hank.org



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