On Wednesday 29 December 2004 08:06, Peter H. wrote: > Season Greetings, > > Slackware 10, Kernel 2.4.26 > > I got myself an Asus Atapi CD-RW-Drive and I am not sure if this was the > right choice for Linux. I was able to make it work following the > instruction of the program xcdroast, however, some things seem strange. > > I always get error messages telling not to use atapi instead scsi.
With 2.4.x kernels scsi is correct, add the following to /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo. append "/dev/hdc=ide-scsi" ( thats of my head, possably someone else may need to verify the syntax). (( where /dev/hdc is your device)). > I had a CD with picture files on. When I copied them to the HD I can't open > them and copying back to the CD I can't open them as well any longer. In > fact I can not mount the CD anymore. Only xcdroast can. > $ mount /mnt/cdrom > mount: Not a directory > > Trying too boot Knoppix 3.4 from the CD I get only a blank screen. Booting > from CD and then switching to HD, Knoppix works alright. > > It seems that xcdroast can only write .wav and .iso files????? No xcdraost does most all formats. > Questions: > > Is there a better CD-RW-Drive for Linux than Asus? The shop is willing to > exxchange. Nothing wrong with mine works like a charm. > > Are there better programs than xcdroast to R+W and which? There is k3b but i prefer xcdroast... > > Thanks & regards -- If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
