2005-May-26

cdrecord from cdrtools-2.01 complained:

cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes.

So I ran "sudo cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATA" and it returned my device:

1,1,0   101) 'MATSHITA' 'CD-RW  CW-7586  ' '1.01' Removable CD-ROM