hi i found this a little while later:
bilbo:/home/dmallery/rip-52>> cdrecord dev=6,0 -inq Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling scsidev: '6,0' scsibus: 0 target: 6 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39 Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 2 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : SYNC Vendor_info : 'YAMAHA ' Identifikation : 'CRW8424S ' Revision : '1.0g' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. bilbo:/home/dmallery/rip-52>> cdrecord dev=6,0 -prcap Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling cdrecord: Invalid argument. Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes on /dev/zero. the man page sez that -prcap prints the drive capabilities for scsi-3/mmc compliant drives... from dmesg: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 btw, i have burned with this drive before, but on r/h. thanks dave -- Dave Mallery, K5EN (r/h 7.2 krud; debian woody+ximian) PO Box 520 Ramah, NM 87321 no gates .~. no windows... /V\ /( )\ running GNU/Linux ^^-^^ (Linux TM Linus Torvalds) free at last! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]