[CS-FSLUG] Christiansource Digest, Vol 31, Issue 19

[Ed Hurst]

Chad Fluegge wrote:

> What make and model of CD-RW do you have? Could you tell us what 'dmesg'
>> says about it?
> 
> That I cannot answer. My computer is at work where I've been using it to
> design a website so I don't have it here in front of me. I will get back to
> you on that ASAP. What is dmesg, and how do I access it?

Commandline, type: dmesg (you can use any terminal emulator)

You'll get a bunch of stuff which is recorded from the boot console. 
Somewhere you'll see something like this:

    hdd: DVDRW IDE 16X, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

This indicates I have a DVDRW on 2nd IDE cable at slave position.

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Ed Hurst
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