Re: Getting CDRW to work in Debian

[Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:24:47AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote

> Here are my instructions for setting up a CD-RW drive on Debian.   
> Perhaps they will help.  This sets up a very particular configuration.
> You will have to adapt it for your installation.  

<ELVIS>
Thank you, thank you, thank you verrry verrry much.
</ELVIS>

  It's working now.

> In /etc/modules place the following:
> 
>   ide-scsi

  This appears to be the critical item I was missing.

> Test your configuration using cdrecord -scanbus.  It should be able to
> see your CD devices.
> 
>   cdrecord -scanbus

m450:~# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'HITACHI ' 'DVD-ROM GD-5000 ' '0110' Removable CD-ROM
        0,1,0     1) 'SONY    ' 'CD-RW  CRX100E  ' '1.0m' Removable CD-ROM
        0,2,0     2) *
        0,3,0     3) *
        0,4,0     4) *
        0,5,0     5) *
        0,6,0     6) *
        0,7,0     7) *
								
>   ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
>   ln -s /dev/scd1 /dev/cdrw

  I used the names /dev/dvdrom and /dev/cdrw, mounted on /dvdrom and
/cdrw, respectively.  Otherwise, I followed your instructions to the
letter.  Thanks again.

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