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Re: CDrecord "DEVICE"



SamBozo Debian User <peacemkr@wcc.net> writes:
SB> Problem is cdrecord -scanbus gives me:
SB> 
SB> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
SB> No such file or directory. Can not open SCSI driver.
SB> for possiable targets try "cdrecord -scanbus"
SB> 
SB> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
SB> 
SB> Burner is only cd in the box, hp 9150i (ide), was used to install
SB> potato, can read cd's just fine. I am still downloading the last iso I
SB> want to burn. I just want to have the info ready to try the burn when
SB> it's finished.

Linux can't burn to IDE CD-R drives.  It can burn to SCSI CD-Rs, and
it can burn to IDE CD-Rs that are pretending to be SCSI ones.  This
means that you need to recompile your kernel to support IDE-SCSI
emulation, and set things up so that your CD-ROM runs through the
emulation layer.  This is covered in some detail in the CD-Writing
HOWTO, at least up to the required options.  You'll need to use
e.g. /dev/scd0 for reading CDs, not the /dev/hdX one you're probably
using now.

-- 
David Maze             dmaze@mit.edu          http://www.mit.edu/~dmaze/
"Theoretical politics is interesting.  Politicking should be illegal."
	-- Abra Mitchell



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