Hi Charlie of Edmonton Canada,
Thank you very much for your kind reply.
I re-installed Mandrake 9.0 and at least this time the CDR was
auto-detected with 'cdrecord -scandisk' as on 0,3,0.
However it still will not work, due to the following error messages from
both X-CD-Roast and the cdrecord command line as follows:-
cdrecord: Trying to use high speed medium on low speed writer.
I have changed the speed on the command line to all I know, but of no
avail.
As I have Windows XP on a separate disc I do not use 'lilo', due to it
perhaps not being compatible, so I boot with a floppy. Yes the CDR is on
a motherboard ide channel. Would have been hdc, but referred to in fstab
as 'cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/scd0.
The 'cdrecord -scanbus' followed by the 'cdrecord' command line
follows:-
[root@localhost malcolm]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.11a32 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg
Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.6'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-4804TE ' '2.6C' Removable
CD-ROM
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
[root@localhost malcolm]# cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,3,0 -isosize
mtdir-25oct02.raw
Cdrecord 1.11a32 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg
Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,3,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 3 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.6'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'MITSUMI '
Identifikation : 'CR-4804TE '
Revision : '2.6C'
Device seems to be: Philips CDD-522.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Supported modes: TAO PACKET RAW/R16 RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1343488 = 1312 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 164 MB padsize: 30 KB
Total size: 188 MB (18:41.08) = 84081 sectors
Lout start: 188 MB (18:43/06) = 84081 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 3
Reference speed: 6
Is not unrestricted
Is erasable
Disk sub type: High speed Rewritable (CAV) media (1)
ATIP start of lead in: -11745 (97:25/30)
ATIP start of lead out: 359848 (79:59/73)
speed low: 4 speed high: 8
power mult factor: 1 5
recommended erase/write power: 5
A2 values: 26 B2 4A
Disk type: Phase change
Manuf. index: 40
Manufacturer: INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
Blocks total: 359848 Blocks current: 359848 Blocks remaining: 275767
cdrecord: Trying to use high speed medium on low speed writer.
cdrecord: fifo had 0 puts and 0 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 0%.
[root@localhost malcolm]#
The machine has a Celeron 500 chip with 128 mg ram and 198 swap space.
Any comments will be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Malcolm Candlish.
On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 21:12, Charlie wrote:
> On Friday 25 October 2002 12:29 pm, Spencer wrote:
> > On October 25, 2002 11:09 am, Malcolm Candlish wrote:
> > > Sirs,
> > >
> > > I have a Mitsumi CR-4804TE with which I had hoped to Burn Linux CD's.
> > >
> > > It's an ide-scsi type. Set it up via the HOWTO and not only does it not
> > > work, my scsi scanner no longer operates either.
> > >
> > > Mandrake Control Center seems of little value unless it finds dev via
> > > its own scan.
> > >
> > > Anyone else had this problem?
> > >
> > > Malcolm Candlish.
> >
> > As root, what does ' cdrecord --scanbus' say?
>
> I have the same drive and it's worked no trouble since Mandrake 7.2. Auto
> detected, set up at first boot, using the k3b front end I can even DAO direct
> copy from CD (LiteOn 40X CD-ROM is the other drive) to blank media which
> makes life easier when copying Mandrake download disks for friends that want
> to try the distribution.
>
> There's a firmware update, two actually, for it at the Mitsumi website:
> www.mitsumi.com/enduser/1_drivers.html
will try it- thanks
> supposedly for Windows only to allow you to use media larger than 650 MB. I
> updated mine back when I still ran Windows 98 SE (Feb. 2000) and it's able to
> use up to 90 minute blanks, so far without trouble. Also 700 MB CD-RWs. Seems
> the update really did work?
>
> You said you'd already tried to set it up via the HOWTO; which how to? Also
> worthwhile information would be what version of Mandrake (?) are you working
> with?
The 'HOWTO' was with the Mandrake 9.0. I had no idea there were more
than one in this subject! By Winfried Trumper 22 July 2000.
>
> Just a guess, in /etc/lilo.conf is your kernel being passed hdx=ide-scsi in
> the append line? If not you may want to make it so using the relevant hd? for
> the drive on your system.
>
> Last thoughts for the moment; have you added your user to the cdrom and
> cdwriter groups, and is the drive on the motherboard IDE channel or are you
> using a controller card?
>
> Good luck and pass along a bit more information please.
> --
> Charlie
> Edmonton,AB,Canada
> Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org
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> -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
>
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