##### Self Built and installed Wodim (/usr/local/bin/wodim) below $ wodim -scanbus This is wodim, not cdrecord. Don't expect it to behave like cdrecord in any way, don't refer to it as "cdrecord". Send problem reports to debburn-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org, don't bother Joerg Schilling with any problems caused by this application. Copyright (C) 2006 cdrkit maintainers, (C) 1994-2006 Joerg Schilling Using libscg version 'debburn project-0.8ubuntu1+debburn1'. wodim: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (debburn project-0.8ubuntu1+debburn1 '@(#)scsitransp.c 1.91 04/06/17 Copyright 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling'). wodim: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (cdrkit-team-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.86 '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.86 05/11/22 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) * 1,1,0 101) '_NEC ' 'DVD_RW ND-3550A ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * ##### Debian Pkg installed below (/usr/bin/wodim) ~$ /usr/bin/wodim -scanbus scsibus1000: 1000,0,0 100000) * 1000,1,0 100001) * 1000,2,0 100002) * 1000,3,0 100003) '_NEC ' 'DVD_RW ND-3550A ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM 1000,4,0 100004) * 1000,5,0 100005) * 1000,6,0 100006) * 1000,7,0 100007) * #### GETS WEIDER (notice bottom entry /dev/hdb) $ mount /dev/hdc1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) tmpfs on /lib/init/rw type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=620) /dev/hda3 on /mnt/p3 type reiserfs (rw,notail,data=journal) /dev/hdb on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user= $ umount /media/cdrom0 $ /usr/bin/wodim -scanbus scsibus1000: 1000,0,0 100000) * 1000,1,0 100001) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-32123S ' 'XS0R' Removable CD-ROM 1000,2,0 100002) * 1000,3,0 100003) '_NEC ' 'DVD_RW ND-3550A ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM 1000,4,0 100004) * 1000,5,0 100005) * 1000,6,0 100006) * 1000,7,0 100007) * ##### NOW finally my other drive shows up above (Lite-On) CDRW after umounting ### Check it now; ~$ wodim -scanbus This is wodim, not cdrecord. Don't expect it to behave like cdrecord in any way, don't refer to it as "cdrecord". Send problem reports to debburn-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org, don't bother Joerg Schilling with any problems caused by this application. Copyright (C) 2006 cdrkit maintainers, (C) 1994-2006 Joerg Schilling Using libscg version 'debburn project-0.8ubuntu1+debburn1'. wodim: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (debburn project-0.8ubuntu1+debburn1 '@(#)scsitransp.c 1.91 04/06/17 Copyright 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling'). wodim: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (cdrkit-team-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.86 '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.86 05/11/22 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-32123S ' 'XS0R' Removable CD-ROM 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) * 1,1,0 101) '_NEC ' 'DVD_RW ND-3550A ' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * #### and finally CDRDAO , which always showed the drive, whether it was mounted or not; ~$ cdrdao scanbus Cdrdao version 1.2.2 - (C) Andreas Mueller SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8' ATA:0,1,0 LITE-ON , LTR-32123S , XS0R ATA:1,1,0 _NEC , DVD_RW ND-3550A , 1.05 ### Odd shit man ;-)