External DVD Writer

dvd_writer.md

External DVD Writer via USB in Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse M90
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 1bcf:0c31 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. SPIF30x Serial-ATA bridge

$ dmesg | tail
[17180.079698] usb 7-6: Manufacturer: Sunplus Innovation Technology 
[17180.079701] usb 7-6: SerialNumber: FAFFFFFADFF09100184555
[17180.136395] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[17180.136519] scsi5 : usb-storage 7-6:1.0
[17180.136597] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[17180.136599] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[17181.137445] scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM            MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ8G2    1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[17181.146922] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[17181.147226] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[17181.148528] sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5

$ ls /dev/sr*
/dev/sr0  /dev/sr1

$ udisks --mount /dev/sr1