CDRW and Linux

[TheWart]

I have a Plexy 16x10x40 IDE cdrw and i was glancing @ the cdrw howto...it said you have to emulate scsi..is that still neccessary for IDE burners? IS there another tutorial on how to do this? Thanks

 

[BlackOmen]

If you are using Lilo as your boot manager, edit /etc/lilo.conf. At the top, add a line 'append="hdX=ide-scsi"', where X is the letter of your cdrw (such as /dev/hdd, d=X). At the command line, reload lilo by entering lilo. Reboot.

If you are using grub, select your boot image, and add 'hdX=ide-scsi'. I don't use grub myself, so perhaps someone can offer a solution to make it a permenant option as a bove with lilo.

As long as you are using the generic kernel included with your (or have compiled IDE-SCSI emulation as module for a newer kernel), enter the following as root: 'modprobe ide-scsi'. This will load the emulation driver.

You will now access your cdrw using /dev/sr0 (assuming there are no other scsi devices) as opposed to /dev/hdX. All you need to do now is download a cd burning program. I prefer xcdroast. That's it!

 

[LuckyTaxi]

cdburning under linux is a joke

 

[neuralfx]

<< cdburning under linux is a joke >>



how is that ?
-neural

 

[i8mywindpipe]

<< cdburning under linux is a joke >>


why do you say this?......
please answer

 

[Nothinman]

cdburning under linux is a joke

It's always worked great for me. And cdrecord has less of a chance of b0rking my system than Roxio or Nero do.

And if you didn't realize it cdburning on Windows also emulates SCSI for the IDE devices, it's just done in the background so you never see it.

 

[EmperorRob]

I've only used XCDRoast and cdrecord. Are there others for Linux? I mean any worth mentioning.

 

[neuralfx]

<< It's always worked great for me. And cdrecord has less of a chance of b0rking my system than Roxio or Nero do. >>





<< And if you didn't realize it cdburning on Windows also emulates SCSI for the IDE devices, it's just done in the background so you never see it. >>




thats a very good point, i mean, i dont have to worry about cdrecord making my OS unbootable, or even causing my optical drives not to be recognized, and i obviously dont have to worry about 'registry corruption .. and about emulating scsi .. exactly what to people think the aspi layer is .. if anything cd burning is much better and easier in linux .. there is no registry for safedisc2 or similar technologies to disallow archiving .. well just my thoughts ..
-neural

 

[Nothinman]

I've only used XCDRoast and cdrecord. Are there others for Linux? I mean any worth mentioning.

I believe there's cdwrite, which is commandline only like cdrecord, but I'm not sure if it's developed any more. And apps like XCDRoast, GCombust, etc are all just GUI front ends to cdrecord.

 

[BlackOmen]

GCombust is another program which has supposedly matured, although when I tried it over a year ago it was a very early version.

lilcam posted:
>>cdburning under linux is a joke
Support for your argument please?. Although please read Nothinman's and neuralfx's posts before you do so.

 

[EmperorRob]

After browsing my Red Hat 7.2 discs I found a cdrdao rpm. Installed it but haven't tried it yet. Where can I get GCombust?

 

[TheWart]

Thanks for the replies...so do I have to have SCSI support enabled, cause I chose no when i recompiled my kernel...maybe the IDE emulation is under that, cause I dont remeber seeing that option anywhere else.

 

[Nothinman]

You need SCSI support and SCSI generic support, and probably SCSI CDROM support.

 

[EmperorRob]

<< You need SCSI support and SCSI generic support, and probably SCSI CDROM support. >>

That's what works for me. SCSI Emulation is under the ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support -> ATA, IDE, and ATAPI Block devices and the others are under the SCSI Support button if you use make xconfig.

 

[fow99]

<<
And if you didn't realize it cdburning on Windows also emulates SCSI for the IDE devices, it's just done in the background so you never see it. >>



Yes. That is yet another thing M$ doesn't want you to know.