Harald Hoyer wrote:
Huh?
$ tree /dev/disk/by-id/
/dev/disk/by-id/
|-- ata-PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-105_BKDL086471WL -> ../../hdd
ok, this one is lucky to have a serial id.
Nevertheless, /dev/cdrom* is only for pam_console and CLI use.
Real GUI apps should provide a reasonable selection list and maybe use HAL. Look at k3b,
xcdroast,
nautilus-cdburner...