I think that the right device is /dev/rcd1d, thanks for the help.
Now xcdplayer barfs with:

$ xcdplayer -device /dev/rcd1d 
/dev/rcd1d: Device not configured

I can read a cd9660 cd using:

  mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd1d /mnt

So I'm getting somewhere.  Slowly.  I've also done "chmod a+rw
/dev/rcd1d" as root, which I think is also required.

Thanks for the help.  I'm adding xmcd from pkgsrc now to see whether
it's -dev option works better than xcdplayer.

-russ


"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:

> Russell McManus <russell_mcmanus@yahoo.com> writes:
> > I've got a scsi cd drive attached to my laptop, that I'd like to use.
> > How does one name this drive?
> [...]
> > I would have thought that /dev/cd1 or /dev/rcd1 or cd1 or rcd1 would
> > have been the right thing, but no joy.
> 
> Hint:
> ls -l /dev/{r,}cd1*
> 
> Perry