Use the Freecom Traveller with the parallel cable or another parallel
Freecom drive. I have the traveller and it works perfectly under Linux
Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2. To set it up enter the following commands
modprobe paride
modprobe friq
modprobe pcd
modprobe pg
modprobe ide-scsi
or better (For the I/O address, which is 0x378 in the example, run the
commands shown above and look at the messages in the end of the output
of the "dmesg" command):
modprobe paride
modprobe friq
modprobe pcd drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0
modprobe pg drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0
modprobe ide-scsi
The second version makes the access faster. Both versions allow 2x
speed, the second 4x speed when you do not need your machine during the
CD recording (CPU load gets 80% when burning in 4x speed).
Or add the following lines in /etc/modules
paride
friq
pcd drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0
pg drive0=0x378,0,0,-1,-1,0
ide-scsi
to get the drive active automatically at boot time. These modules are
only loaded at boot time when the drive is connected.
To get the drive's address for writing CDs (both data and audio), enter
cdrecord --scanbus
the device to mount for reading CDs is /dev/pcd0
Till
"C.K.Gardner" wrote:
>
> I'm looking to do some hardware upgrading in the next couple of months, and I
> would like some advice about an external cd-rw for a laptop. I've been following
> discussions on burning cds both in this group and in Linux mags, and rarely does
> anyone mention externals. Can it even be done with Linux (Mandrake 7.1 being
> touted as able to recognize more peripherals than most distros)? Speed is not
> really a priority, and I may never get around to burning music. Just files,
> programs, and photos.
> So, in a nutshell:
> Can it be done? By a newbie?
> Any recommendations on connections (USB, PCMCIA, etc) or brands?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Christopher
