===== Make Apple's USB SuperDrive work on Linux ===== [[https://gist.github.com/AnnoyingTechnology/dbaae864822cf08372f0aafe64a63477|Originalartikel]] [[https://www.qgelm.de/wb2html/wbb1204.html|Backup]]

I was ready to throw it away, I opened it up and didn't find anything wrong with it.After a quick Google Search, turns out Apple fucked up their users (again) and locked this drive to only one laptop : the MacBook Air.

Bellow is the tweak (found online) to make it usable on Linux

# Debian/linux only - Linux SCSI generic driversudo apt install sg3-utils -y# RHEL/Fedora only - Linux SCSI generic driversudo dnf install sg3_utils -y# tell the external DVD player/burner to turn onsudo sg_raw /dev/sr0 EA 00 00 00 00 00 01