Problem solved! I appended the following four lines to /etc/modules.conf
options ide-cd ignore=hdd pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi pre-install ide-scsi modprobe ide-cd as Jan Labanowski writes in his review on the subject http://www.ccl.net/cca/software/UNIX/Sony_DRU-510A_DVD+RW_burner/README-DRU-510A.html My DVD writer is slave on the 2nd IDE interface as in Jans case Note after reboot the system changes mount point names in /etc/fstab and in the /mnt directory. DVD burning then works. Martin --- Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu 3 June 2004 01:33, martin laurberg wrote: > > Dear All, > > Has anyone got a Plextor PX-708A working under > linux? > > I followed the Thomas Chungs instructions on > > http://www.xcdroast.org/ for using xcdroast with > > cdrecord.ProDVD but without success. The plextor > takes > > both DVD-R and DVD+R. I tried dvd burning of a 4.2 > GB > > iso-image on DVD-R media, both as normal user and > as > > root (from 1x to 4x speed). > > I guess the essential error is an illegal writing > > request to the drive > > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > > > > Thanks in advance for any hints, > > > > Martin > > > > System: Redhat 8.0. > > Check to see if you don't have either magicdev (used > with GNOME) or > automount (for KDE) installed. These are Red Hat > programs that > attempt to autostart a CD when you insert it. > Unfortunately, this > interferes with the burning process. > > Try removing these programs (there's no real use for > them anyway) > and try again. > > Lourens > -- > GPG public key: > http://home.student.utwente.nl/l.e.veen/lourens.key > ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]