Sources:
Make sure the sg3_utils package is installed.
zypper in sg3_utils
To find out the required information execute the following command after connecting the drive to USB.
udevadm info --no-pager /dev/sr?
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:04:00.0/0000:05:01.0/0000:07:00.0/0000:08:02.0/0000:09:00.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.3/3-1.3.2/3-1.3.2.1/3-1.3.2.1:1.0/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sr0 M: sr0 R: 0 U: block T: disk D: b 11:0 N: sr0 L: -100 S: cdrom S: disk/by-diskseq/29 S: disk/by-id/usb-Apple_SuperDrive_KZAZ6BJ4314-0:0 S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:09:00.0-usb-0:1.3.2.1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 Q: 29 E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:04:00.0/0000:05:01.0/0000:07:00.0/0000:08:02.0/0000:09:00.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.3/3-1.3.2/3-1.3.2.1/3-1.3.2.1:1.0/host4/target4:0:0/4:0:0:0/block/sr0 E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0 E: DEVTYPE=disk E: DISKSEQ=29 E: MAJOR=11 E: MINOR=0 E: SUBSYSTEM=block E: USEC_INITIALIZED=228329076935 E: ID_BUS=usb E: ID_MODEL=SuperDrive E: ID_MODEL_ENC=SuperDrive\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_MODEL_ID=1500 E: ID_SERIAL=Apple_SuperDrive_KZAZ6BJ4314-0:0 E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=KZAZ6BJ4314 E: ID_VENDOR=Apple E: ID_VENDOR_ENC=Apple\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_VENDOR_ID=05ac E: ID_REVISION=2.03 E: ID_TYPE=cd E: ID_INSTANCE=0:0 E: ID_USB_MODEL=SuperDrive E: ID_USB_MODEL_ENC=SuperDrive\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_USB_MODEL_ID=1500 E: ID_USB_SERIAL=Apple_SuperDrive_KZAZ6BJ4314-0:0 E: ID_USB_SERIAL_SHORT=KZAZ6BJ4314 E: ID_USB_VENDOR=Apple E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ENC=Apple\x20\x20\x20 E: ID_USB_VENDOR_ID=05ac E: ID_USB_REVISION=2.03 E: ID_USB_TYPE=cd E: ID_USB_INSTANCE=0:0 E: ID_USB_INTERFACES=:080650: E: ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM=00 E: ID_USB_DRIVER=usb-storage E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:09:00.0-usb-0:1.3.2.1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_09_00_0-usb-0_1_3_2_1_1_0-scsi-0_0_0_0 E: SCSI_TPGS=0 E: SCSI_TYPE=cd/dvd E: SCSI_VENDOR=Apple E: SCSI_VENDOR_ENC=Apple\x20\x20\x20 E: SCSI_MODEL=SuperDrive E: SCSI_MODEL_ENC=SuperDrive\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20 E: SCSI_REVISION=2.03 E: ID_SCSI=1 E: ID_SCSI_INQUIRY=1 E: ID_CDROM=1 E: SYSTEMD_MOUNT_DEVICE_BOUND=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1 E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R_DL_SEQ=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R_DL_JR=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW_SEQ=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW_RO=1 E: ID_CDROM_CD=1 E: ID_CDROM_RW_REMOVABLE=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1 E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R_DL=1 E: SYSTEMD_READY=0 E: NVME_HOST_IFACE=none E: ID_FOR_SEAT=block-pci-0000_09_00_0-usb-0_1_3_2_1_1_0-scsi-0_0_0_0 E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-diskseq/29 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Apple_SuperDrive_KZAZ6BJ4314-0:0 /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:09:00.0-usb-0:1.3.2.1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 E: TAGS=:uaccess:systemd:seat: E: CURRENT_TAGS=:uaccess:systemd:seat:
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.
install -vbD --owner=root --group=root --mode=0644 -T <(cat << 'EOF'
# Initialise Apple SuperDrive
ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1500", ATTRS{idVendor}=="05ac", DRIVERS=="usb", RUN+="/usr/bin/sg_raw /dev/$kernel EA 00 00 00 00 00 01"
EOF
) /etc/udev/rules.d/96-applesuperdrive.rules
If you don't want to use udev, this is how to do it manually:
# 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
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