site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Being that this is an optical drive, you can't use the expedient of writing something identifiable onto the media. Which begs the question that's been on my mind since this thread started: Since this is removable optical media, why are you trying to identify the drive, rather than the media inserted into the drive? Stephen _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... I need to identify the drive in order to determine (and store) the drive's read offset. To preempt your next question: I need to do this to accurately access CDDA in a device-independent manner. :) This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com