This post follows many hours of trying to research and read, including my several books on Ubuntu (running 5.04), pouring over log files, etc. I have installed a DVD-RW as a slave behind a CD-ROM as master with the cable end on the CD and the second connector on the DVD. Computer has been rebooted. The CDROM shows up in the Device Manager, but no DVD.
Device Manager also shows a floppy which this computer does not have-so is DM pointing to a ‘bus’ or something on the motherboard?
There must be a way that all devices can be located. Will the location of any device be shown in dmesg? If so, how does one look through the several hundred lines quickly? In Windoze, one uses CTRL-F. Is there an equivalent in vi, or should one pipe dmseg to a text file, mail it to a Windoze computer and use CTRL-F?
I am sure that this could not be as difficult as I am finding it. If anyone can help me better understand this process, I would be most grateful. TIA