Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have at present two emulated SCSI devices on my system; a USB flash
> drive, and a DVD-writer.
>
> They get assigned:
>
> 0,0,0 0) 'SanDisk ' 'Cruzer Micro ' '2033' Removable Disk
> 2,0,0 200) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-4160B' 'A300' Removable CD-ROM
>
> if the USB device is present at boot time (I think).
>
> So my script for burning CDs, which says:
> mkisofs -J -L -R -o x1.iso "$*"
> cdrecord -v dev=2,0,0 x1.iso
> rm -f x1.iso
> is very fragile.
>
> How should I do it? Write a script to read the output of cdrecord
> -scanbus and grab the device number? There has to be a "right" way, and
> instinct says this isn't it.
It's not a bad way.
I'm not sure I understand why the device numbering is so fragile,
though; wouldn't the ATAPI buses available at boot time be the same
whether they have devices or not?
--
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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