If I can add to the excellent advice Kaj gives :-
1/ Kaj suggests defining both the CD-RW and the CD-ROM as ide-scsi. It is
not strictly necessary for the CD-ROM to be ide-scsi, but it allows front
ends to perform disc to disc copy functions. You may find however that your
desktop CD icon no longer works. To fix it, right click on the icon
Properties>Device, and in the device drop down box select /dev/scd0 (or scd1
as appropriate)
2/ You will have trouble using cdburning software as anything other than root
unless you create a group called 'cdwriter' and make yourself and any others
who need to create CDs members of that group.
You then need to give cdwriter group privileges for the following
applications (all in /usr/bin)
cdrecord
cdda2wav
cdparanoia
mkisofs
readcd
You can test your cd burner by opening a user terminal and typing
cdrecord --scanbus
If it finds your CD writer then cd burning should work.
HTH
derek
On Monday 18 March 2002 23:37, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> "Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)" wrote:
> > <snip>
> > I've got a LiteOn LTR-12101B IDE CD BURNER installed, but I cannot burn
> >
> > Can someone help by telling me if my /etc/fstab entry is correct, and the
> > command line parameters to use to make the CD burner operate from the
> > command line?
> > </snip>
> > Thanks in advance... This has been a frustrating problem!
> >
> > -drew
>
> Well -drew, here's my personal how-to :
>
> Most - if not all - CD-burners are ATAPI-devices and use the IDE-bus. To
> make them work under linux, you must "fake" that they are SCSI-devices.
> Now, assuming you have connected your hardware correctly, let's take a look
> at my setup as an example :
>
> My CD-Rom ("reader/player") is connected as the "master" on the second
> IDE-bus (hdc). My CD-WRITER ("burner") is connected as the "slave" on the
> second IDE-bus (hdd). Accordingly, I had to edit my file : "/etc/lilo.conf"
> to make everything work. Here's how it can be done :
>
> 1. open a terminal and become "root" (type "su" and, when prompted, type
> your root-password) 2. open a text-editor of your choice (I prefer
> "Midnight Commander" - type : mc) 3. go to /etc/lilo.conf and hit F4 to
> edit that file.
> 4. here you must make an "append"-statement (a boot-parameter to linux),
> like this : image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> root=/dev/hda2
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append=" hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi devfs=nomount "
> vga=791
> read-only
> # (where hdc is my CD-reader and hdd is my CD-burner (eventually,
> put in your own configuration)).
> 5. hit F2 to save this file.
> 6. hit F10 to exit "Midnight Commander"
> 7. still in your terminal-window as root, type : /sbin/lilo (and watch the
> output). 8. type "exit" twice.
> 9. reboot, and you are done ! - (Eventually, you can now check the file
> "/etc/fstab")
>
> Enjoy !
>
> A very easy-readable guide on CD-burning :
> http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/January2002/article227.shtml
>
> References :
>
> CD Writing Howto: http://linuxdoc.org
> Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO: http://linuxdoc.org (How to make normal
> audio CDs from mp3 files ) USB CD howto:
> http://mobilix.org/linux_usb_cd.html
>
> Kaj Haulrich
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