On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 03:47, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Andrey Vul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I get the following error: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 vmware/Windows\ XP\ >> Professional/shared/vLite.iso [snip] >> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/hd*'. Cannot >> open or use SCSI driver. This error is bothering me. It happens even when ran as root, yet I have /dev/hdc.
> > You did not install cdrecord correctly (suid root is needed). I need to suid root a program that fails when ran as root?!?!? Something is very wrong. > You called cdrecord with an outdated dev= argument. I had permission denied on /dev/sg0 too, so dev= is sort of irrelevant. Also, I had the same error during cdrecord -scanbus, even though I am in the cdrom and disk groups. Also, the same error happened when it was run *as root*. And not sudo, but su. -- Andrey Vul A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
