Re: CD writing in future Linux (stirring up a hornets' nest)

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> >Please explain me:
>> >
>> >-	how to use /dev/hd* in order to scan an image from a scanner
>> >-	how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a CPU device
>> >-	how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a tape device
>> >-	how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a printer
>> >-	how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a jukebox
>> >-	how to use /dev/hd* in order to talk to a graphical device
>> >
>> With /dev/sg, this was possible?
>
>Of course!
>
But you need to open the correct /dev/sg[0-9] too, don't you?
(otherwise cdrecord would set the jukebox on fire)


Jan Engelhardt
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