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--- pages:howtos:suse:apple_superdrive_with_opensuse_tumbleweed [2023/05/07 12:33] – created mischerh
+++ pages:howtos:suse:apple_superdrive_with_opensuse_tumbleweed [2023/05/07 12:46] (current) – [Using an Apple SuperDrive with openSUSE Tumbleweed] mischerh
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   * https://askubuntu.com/questions/226638/how-to-eject-a-cd-dvd-from-the-command-line
   * https://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
+  * https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/udev
 Make sure the [[https://github.com/doug-gilbert/sg3_utils | sg3_utils]] package is installed.
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 We will need the values of "ID_VENDOR_ID" and "ID_MODEL_ID".
+Then we use udev to automatically send the activation command. This way, the device will get activated automatically when it gets plugged in.
 <sxh bash; gutter: false>
 install -vbD --owner=root --group=root --mode=0644 -T <(cat << 'EOF'
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 EOF
 ) /etc/udev/rules.d/96-applesuperdrive.rules
+</sxh>
+If you don't want to use udev, this is how to do it manually:
 <sxh bash; gutter: false>
+# find the device
 ls /dev/sr*
+# send the magic string to activate the device
 sg_raw /dev/sr1 EA 00 00 00 00 00 01
+# to eject the media from command line
 eject /dev/sr1
 </sxh>