William L. Maltby wrote: > On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 08:09 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> William L. Maltby wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> <snip> >>> > > >>> Do an lsmod and see if you see sg, maybe sd_mod, scsi_mod, ide_cd. >>> Look at /etc/modules.conf (I think that's it - thngs changed in the last >>> decade or so). >>> >>> >> scsi_mod 133069 4 sr_mod,sg,libata,usb_storage >> ide_cd 40033 0 >> cdrom 36705 2 sr_mod,ide_cd >> >> (also a plain-old cdrom installed via IDE (internal) on this server). >> >> And no such animal as a modules.conf anywhere on the system (per locate >> modules.conf) >> > > modprobe* > cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 e100 alias ipv6 off alias net-pf-10 off >>> Try just reading a cd first. Does the device have any king od "write >>> protect" switch? >>> >>> >> Will try the reading. No write protect switch. This CDRW was on a >> Win2000 system whose board started overheating and crashing. So it was >> working with Veritas just 2 weeks ago. >> >>> Use cdrecord with some verbosity flags to get some clues. >>> >> And I need clues to help me RTFM. Lot there ASSuMEing already knowing >> about SCSI and CD devices... >> > > OK. CentOS 4.x or 5.x? I'll try to help if I can. Only diff would be the > device reported. I don't have usb. But with cdrecord, only the low-level > drivers would change. All the sg* interface stuff would be the same. > 5.1 > >>> Use cdrecord to print some of the header info of the blank disc you're >>> trying to write. You'll need to RTFM - I don't have it in front of me >>> ATM. >>> >>> >> <snip> >> > > >>> It sound like you'll need to leave the comfy confines of the GUI room to >>> solve this one. >>> >> Would if I could get more out of RTFM. >> > > I'll try to help. > I appreciate any and all help.