Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > could everybody having an ide burner test this:
> >
> > % dmesg | perl -ne 'print /(\w+)/, "\n" if m|ATAPI.*/RW|'
>
> **LISTS THE FOLLOWING (AS ROOT):
>
> hdc
>
> Bingo, my addr. of my HP 7200i cd-rw ide device!
>
>
> >
> > or maybe
> >
> > % cat /var/log/messages | perl -ne 'print /(\w+)/, "\n" if m|ATAPI.*/RW|'
>
> **LISTS THE FOLLOWING:
>
> dec
> jan
>
>
> I'd say it listed "dec" approx 15 x's and "jan" approx 8 x's. Guess they're
> log entries on the detection of my cd-rw (ide)
>
of course, silly me (must the 3rd today!)
