On Saturday 02 April 2005 01:48 pm, Tom wrote: > Aron Smith wrote: > > On Saturday 02 April 2005 09:35 am, Tom wrote: > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mandrakelinux-10.2rc2]$ > >> > >> What Mandrake version are you currently usin? <= 10.0, 10.1, > >>an now 10.2 all use different daemons an methods for removable > >>media. With 10.2 you'll need to burn as root to avoid serious risk > >>of buffer underruns. > >> > >>Do you get output when you just type > >>'cdrecord -help' ? (cdrecord is installed, right?) > >>Does your drive show up when you type, > >>'ll /dev/hd*' ? Does, > >> > >>$ ll /dev/sg* > >>crw-rw---- 1 tom cdwriter 21, 0 Apr 2 08:51 /dev/sg0 > >>crw-rw---- 1 tom cdwriter 21, 1 Apr 2 08:51 /dev/sg1 > > > > ===================================== > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ ll /dev/hd* > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 1 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda1 > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 2 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda2 > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 5 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda5 > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 6 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda6 > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 7 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda7 > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 8 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hda8 > > brw-rw---- 1 aron cdrom 3, 64 Apr 1 18:46 /dev/hdb > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] aron]$ > > ================================== > > Alright, then with 10.1 (this first part would also be the > same for 10.2) > > 'cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus' will show you the scsibus numbers, > EG, somethin like 0,0,0 (which should be better than usin /dev/hdb) > > cd to the directory the isos are in and > > cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=ATA:0,0,0 -dao Mand<Tab> > > Now I've simplified that quite a bit, actually about bare > minimum. You should be able to handle speed=4, use your numbers > rather than the example 0,0,0 -dao is a must for .iso's Specially > needed so the md5sum of the burned CD will check. > > With the burned CD in the drive, 'md5sum /dev/hdb' should return > (might take a minute or so) the same md5sum as the iso file has. > With marginal CD drives, you may need to try it several times before > it succeeds. > > >>...show your user name as a member of the cdwriter group? > > > > No problem burning other CDs both audio and data > > am currently using Mdk 10.1 > > Includin 700mb's ? If you can burn 650's, but not 700 you > really need a better burner. Mandrake gave into the 650 crowd a few > versions ago, but has since determined it's just not worth the > inconvenience to the vast majority with decent burners. If you > can't use 700's, get a new burner. Sometimes somone redoes the iso's > to < 650 an makes them available for FTP. I think the Mdk Club use > to also do it. But don't hold your breath ;) > > I believe if you can run 'cdrecord dev=ATA:0,0,0 -atip' with a > blank 700mb CDr in the drive, and it returns succesfully, info about > cdrecord, your drive and the manufacturer of the blank Cdr... then > you should be able to burn up to 703mb. I don't really know tho, > even my (1997) 8432 Plextor could burn the cheapest 700's > > Your other option would be to d/l, IIRC, 'boot.iso' from a > mirror, 'dd' it to a floppy and do an install from the iso's on your > HDD. You'll need somebody or a tutorial that's knows more about > that than me. I haven't done it in ages, an some changes have been > made in the process for 10.2. You might be able to find out from > the cooker ML archive or http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/wiki At a > minimum you should read the 10.2 Release Notes. > > When/if you get 10.2 installed (an I'd recommend a fresh > install saving your /home) magicdev will no longer be there, > supermount is used only for floppy's. gnome-volume-manager in > conjunction with HAL and dbus is the entirely user space daemon for > handling removable media, like CD drives. As such it can't access > certain things reserved to root. IE, as user: > > cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler > cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using > setpriority(). > cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. > > The only work around is to burn as root, even with a GUI. > You'll probly also need to run 'gnome-volume-properties' once as > root and under the heading "Removable Media", enable the first 3 (of > the 4) options (if they aren't already). The error is definitely in the package that png file has a crc error btw thanks now at least I know how to burn without the GUI
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