The magic sequence to wake up Apple's SuperDrive on Linux
By jeltsch on Sat, 12/09/2017 - 09:04
sudo apt-get install sg3-utils (only needed the first time) ls /dev (to check whether sr0 or sr1, usually it's sr0 unless you had already other USB drives connected) sg_raw /dev/sr0 EA 00 00 00 00 00 01