cole writes: > Try this: > cdrecord dev=ATA: -scanbus this finds only the compaq drive. > If that doesn't work, give this a shot: > cdrecord dev=ATAPI: -scanbus this finds the yamaha drive - yeaaaa! so, of course, i tried: cdrecord -v dev=ATAPI:0,3,0 FC4-i386-rescuecd.iso and it worked. amazing. i'm in business. thank you. dan scsidev: 'ATAPI:' devname: 'ATAPI' scsibus: -1 target: -1 lun: -1 Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha. Warning: There may be fatal problems. Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jrg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to . Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) 'YAMAHA ' 'CRW8424S ' '1.0f' Removable CD-ROM 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'Compaq ' 'DVD-ROM SD-C2612' '1A17' Removable CD-ROM 1,1,0 101) * 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave #2 brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) 810-454-1823 (fax) jdm@moylan.info www.moylan.info