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SubjectRe: cdrecord dev=ATA cannont scanbus as non-root

On 2004.11.30, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> >I use udev, so there is no hd[a-d] nodes on /dev. And cdrecord
> >_EXITS_ as soon as it founds a non-existent device !!!
>
> You can find something that does not exist?

Err, as it tries to open a device and it does not exist.
I tries sequentially
hda, hdb, hdc.. up to 256 until it finds something to open.
If it exists, but has not permissions, it keeps trying on the next.
But if it is not present, cdrecord gives up.

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