Re: IDE CD-RW

[Robert Waldner <Waldner@KPNQwest.at>]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:42:22 GMT, john gennard writes:
>The literature with the CD-RW is basic and suggests ways in which it 
>can be installed on those channels already in use. This seems to 
>imply that I shouldnot/cannot use the secondary channel slave, but it 
>does not specifically say so.

The problem is that the IDE-master´s firmware is doing most of the 
 stuff on this channel. So the writer´s firmware will quite probably be 
 better equipped to handle writing functionality than the 
 readers.

I tried that setup once myself, but my esperience wasn´t a very
 satisfying one.

>If I replace my CD with the CD-RW, would I be able to use the later 
>for normal reading and would I require any special drivers? 

Why replace it? Make your burner master and your reader slave, that way 
 you can make use of both (but I´d strongly suggest against direct 
 copying between the two, it´s possible but I wouldn´t trust it).

You´ll need no special drivers for using the writer to read CDs, but to 
 make use of it´s writing functionality you´ll have to set up 
 ide-scsi-emulation. See the cdrecord-docs for explanations, it may 
 take some effort (and a kernel recompile) to get it running, but it´s 
 quite worth it.

>Can anyone please suggest the most suitable way to proceed. I assume
>Potato (which is what I run) will support the drive - it did so with 
>earlier models. All software supplied is for Windoze, so there is no 
>information of any value.

Don´t take my opinions in any form offensive, they´re not meant that 
way, but please don´t flame me if that´s all not longer true (I set it 
up with a 2.0.x-kernel and a then-recent cdrecord, so there may have 
been changes since).

HTH,
&rw
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