What's the difference between /dev/sg0 and /dev/sr0?
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These are naming conventions for SCSI drivers. Below are some of the SCSI drivers:
sd:
mass-storage driver
sda:
first registered devicesdb
,sdc
, etc.: second, third, etc. registered devicesses
: Enclosure driversg
: generic SCSI layersr
: “ROM” driver (data-oriented optical disc drives; scd is just a secondary alias)st
: magnetic tape driver
Source: Naming conventions - Device file - Wikipedia
Additionally, Generic SCSI just gives the guest operating system direct access to SCSI devices connected to the host. So, you're actually using /dev/sr0
for burning DVD.
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$ uname -srvmpio Linux 5.4.0-31-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 7 20:20:34 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ sudo cdrecord -inq Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive... Detected CD-R drive: /dev/cdrw Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'TSSTcorp' Identification : 'DVD+-RW SU-208GB' Revision : 'D100' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. $ sudo cdrecord --devices wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 dev='/dev/sg1' rwrw-- : 'TSSTcorp' 'DVD+-RW SU-208GB' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ls -la /dev/cdrw /dev/sg1 /dev/sr0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mai 20 19:44 /dev/cdrw -> sr0 crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 1 Mai 20 19:44 /dev/sg1 brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Mai 20 19:44 /dev/sr0
So, what's the difference between
/dev/sg1
and/dev/sr0
? Which one to use for burning data DVDs? The machine has only one physical CD/DVD drive.Moreover: can this drive write double-layered DVDs?