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Udev rule to add for Xfburn to detect Buffalo external DVD drive as writer
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70-persistent-cd.rules
# Add this line to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="BUFFALO_Optical_Drive_xxxxxxx", ENV{ID_TYPE}="cd", ENV{GENERATED}="1"
# Replace xxxxxxx with your drive's serial number. You can find it in /proc/scsi/usb-storage/
# It should be in one of the files (named with numbers denoting each USB devices attached)
# The content should be like this -
#
# Host scsi8: usb-storage
# Vendor: BUFFALO
# Product: Optical Drive
# Serial Number: 303042314133313033363436
# Protocol: 8070i
# Transport: Bulk
# Quirks:
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argtrak commented Jan 31, 2015

Thank you! Using this, I was finally able to make my Samsung external DVD drive work properly with Xfburn: (Lubuntu 14.10 64bit)

ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="TSSTcorp_USB_Mass_Storage_Device_xxxxxxx", ENV{ID_TYPE}="cd", ENV{GENERATED}="1"

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