Anne, I apologise I did not make myself sufficiently clear.
When I stated that It will enable you to burn 'on the fly', which can have advantages in your working 'although not audio) ; I should have stated that the disadvantage is that I cannot burn audio on the fly. I can play music as before! Seasons greetings, Malcolm Candlish. On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 11:11, Anne Wilson wrote: > Do you mean that I have to choose between burning on the fly and being able to > listen to cds? If so, I'll stick with the music. I want that much more > often :) > > Anne > > On Thursday 19 Dec 2002 10:00 am, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > Anne, > > > > The problem referred to is now resolved and think it may be worthwhile > > examining the following three files making allowances for your hd & scd > > numbers. It will enable you to burn 'on the fly', which can have > > advantages in your working 'although not audio). > > > > /etc/lilo.conf > > boot=/dev/hda > > vga=normal > > default=Mandrake > > prompt > > timeout=100 > > message=/boot/message > > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk > > label=Mandrake > > root=/dev/hdb5 > > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img > > append=" quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > > read-only > > other=/dev/hda1 > > label=windows > > > > /etc/fstab > > /dev/hdb5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 > > 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > > dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 > > 0 0 > > none /mnt/floppy supermount > > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 > > 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > /etc/mtab > > /dev/hdb5 / ext3 rw 0 0 > > none /proc proc rw 0 0 > > none /dev devfs rw 0 0 > > none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 > > /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 rw 0 0 > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > > ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepa > >ge=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > > rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepa > >ge=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount > > rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,co > >depage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs > > ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0 > > > > Seasons greetings. > > Malcolm Candlish. > > > > On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 19:39, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On the other hand, you could take my solution - I use the cd-rw as both > > > reader and writer. I have to burn an image if I want a copy, but for > > > most purposes it causes me no problems whatsoever. > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > On Sunday 15 Dec 2002 7:32 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > > > Tom, > > > > > > > > Thank you for your comments. > > > > > > > > I can work the reader for XCDRoast if the cd reader is in scsi > > > > emulation form, but the trouble is it will not operate as a normal cd > > > > reader for other purposes. > > > > > > > > In view of this I shall take your advice and drop emulation for the > > > > reader and resort to the 'command line' for that occasion. > > > > > > > > Thank you for your input. > > > > > > > > Malcolm Candlish. > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 00:29, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > > On Thursday December 12 2002 12:57 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > > > > > Charles, > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your reply.I had no idea that both the hdc reader and > > > > > > hdd writer rom were to be in scsi emulation mode. This I fear may > > > > > > disrupt my reader rom in other duties? > > > > > > > > > > It will > > > > > > > > > > > At the end of my reply I am adding my significant files should you > > > > > > wish to look at them. I am grateful for your time. > > > > > > > > > > > > What is kb3? I have not heard of this; is it any good and how can I > > > > > > obtain it. > > > > > > > > > > Kb3 gets around this by completely modifying your mount points > > > > > in /etc/fstab ... which also will cause 'disrupt my reader rom in > > > > > other duties' problems, often even worse. As does settin your CDrom > > > > > up to be scsi emulated. > > > > > > > > > > GUI front ends for the programs of cdrecord and mkisofs try to > > > > > work on several differnet distro's. IMO, not very well on any. Even > > > > > if you get a GUI setup to work with your drives, changing from > > > > > supermount to supermount disabled will ruin the day again. Similar > > > > > situations will be encountered when trying to use the various GUI > > > > > burner apps to select files to be burned. > > > > > > > > > > You'll be better off in the long run reading the > > > > > CD-writing-howto, and learning how to use your burner on the command > > > > > line. You'll also find out that it's simpler, quicker an easier than > > > > > GUI's anyhow. EG, to record an audio CD, all I hav'ta do is type > > > > > 'bacd' in a terminal as user. Much quicker, simpler, and bulletproof > > > > > than any GUI. > > > > > > > > > > alias bacd='cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,3,0 -pad -audio *.wav' > > > > > -- > > > > > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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