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Calum:
hey, this is interesting, is this koncd thing a totally new program? that doesn't require cdrecord?

the thing i have with cdrecord is that i have a cantankerous cdwriter (here is the link to the exact specifications of my cdrw) and while theoretically it is recognised by the kernel, i don't think cdrecord supports it.

Maybe i could get this new cdwriting program and actually use my cdrw? it used to work in windows only, but has now stopped doing even that, and i really need to burn a few gigs of stuff...

[ October 09, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]

voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
hey, this is interesting, is this koncd thing a totally new program? that doesn't require cdrecord?

the thing i have with cdrecord is that i have a cantankerous cdwriter (here is the link to the exact specifications of my cdrw) and while theoretically it is recognised by the kernel, i don't think cdrecord supports it.

Maybe i could get this new cdwriting program and actually use my cdrw? it used to work in windows only, but has now stopped doing even that, and i really need to burn a few gigs of stuff...

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It uses "cdrecord" as do all CD burning apps for Linux that I am aware of. If the kernel recognizes the drive then cdrecord should be able to use it. However, cdrecord only can access SCSI burners. That's not a problem because the ide-scsi module will make your IDE CD burner show up to Linux as a SCSI device. Do an "ls -alp /dev/cdrom". This should be a sybolic link to a real device file. If your installation has the ide-scsi module properly configured the link will point to "/dev/scd0" which is the first SCSI CD-ROM. If it is not using the ide-scsi module it will probably be pointing to "/dev/hdc" which is an IDE device.

The newer RedHats detect and set this up automatically, it was something that had to be set up manually in the old days. Now it appears that yours is a USB drive, in which case I think you are out of luck, at least for the time being. It supports most IDE and SCSI burners that I am aware of.

Calum:
isn't there some hack i can apply in order to use my usb drive as a scsi drive? if i recall, nero in windows thinks the usb drive is a scsi one.

voidmain:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
isn't there some hack i can apply in order to use my usb drive as a scsi drive? if i recall, nero in windows thinks the usb drive is a scsi one.
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Just because someone wrote a Windows driver (probably the CD manufacturer or Nero themselves) doesn't mean that someone wrote a Linux driver. As far as I know this drive is not currently supported. But then I don't have one and haven't done a lot of research on the matter. I would search google and if nothing comes up then you would either have to write your own driver or get a different drive. I know you didn't start using Linux until after you had your hardware but this is why I always do the research before purchasing the equipment. I don't support manufacturers that do not support Linux.

[ October 09, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

mobrien_12:
I use a USB CD burner.  It works automatically as a SCSI drive.  It works very well in Linux, but I had to DL and compile recent versions of cdrecord and XCDroast.   Before I did this, CD burning under linux was unreliable and could lock the system up.

Check your boot logs.  They will tell you if the drive is recognized as a SCSI drive.

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