Re: cdrecord error
Yeah. I'm interested to know if that works for you. I was worried there
for a bit. I thought maybe you had a 2.6 kernel and I didn't realize it.
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> David,
>
> That sounds like a plan. Next week, I'll wipe out Sol x86 and put Debian
> back on. I don't think that sarge gives me the 2.6 kernel, so I guess
> that I don't have to worry about what Greg added to this thread.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> Pete
>
> On Thu, 13 May 2004, David Cunningham wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Rohrman" <pete@peterohrman.com>
> > To: "Thomas Adam" <thomas_adam16@yahoo.com>
> > Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: cdrecord error
> >
> >
> > > Well, I couldn't get "cdrecord" to work under Debian, so I went back
and
> > > installed Solaris x86. Funny thing happened when I did that. Solaris
x86
> > > was giving me the same error when I tried to run "cdrecord." After
poking
> > > around for a while, I noticed that volmgt was on. I shut off volmgt,
and
> > > viola! cdrecord worked on Solaris x86!!!
> > >
> > > Is there a volmgt on Debian in my way of using cdrecord? If someone
out
> > > there knows, please pass it on as I would rather use debian than Sol
x86.
> > >
> > > Pete
> >
> >
> >
> > It's a known issue on Solaris that you must disable volmgt in order for
> > cdrecord to work. On Linux you *must* have three things: (1) a
parameter
> > passed to the kernel at boot time, (2) the ide-scsi kernel module
loaded,
> > (3) cdrecord.
> >
> > Here's a step by step. Be root to proceed. First of all be sure you
know
> > which device file (under /dev) refers to your cd burner. If it's
primary
> > slave then it's /dev/hdb and if it's secondary master then it's /dev/hdc
and
> > if it's secondary slave then it's /dev/hdd.
> >
> > Lat's say for sake of argument it's secondary master (/dev/hdc). Then
your
> > lilo append line must look like this:
> > append="hdc=ide-scsi"
> >
> > If you already have an append line with other arguments in it then be
sure
> > to include those arguments between the quotes.
> > The important part is that you use the correct device name,
"hdc=ide-scsi"
> > or "hdd=ide-scsi" or whatever is needed.
> >
> > When this is done, run lilo, reboot and check to see if your kernel
> > recognized it. Issue this command:
> > dmesg | grep ide_setup
> >
> > You should see something like "ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi" appear. That
takes
> > care of step 1. Now you need to load the ide-scsi driver. I'm going to
> > assume you don't have it compiled directly into the kernel. Issue this
line
> > from the command prompt.
> > modprobe ide-scsi
> >
> > Now if you run dmesg you should see something like this toward the end
of
> > the dmesg output:
> > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
> > Vendor: SONY Model: CD-RW CRX0811 Rev: MYS2
> > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> >
> > Now you're very close to being able to use your burner. The last step
is to
> > use cdrecord. Cdrecord expects your burner to be a scsi device. To
find
> > the scsi device number you're best off typing this:
> > cdrecord --scanbus
> >
> > The output should resemble this (more or less):
> > Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg
Schilling
> > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
> > Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
> > scsibus0:
> > 0,0,0 0) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX0811 ' 'MYS2' Removable
CD-ROM
> > 0,1,0 1) *
> > 0,2,0 2) *
> > 0,3,0 3) *
> > 0,4,0 4) *
> > 0,5,0 5) *
> > 0,6,0 6) *
> > 0,7,0 7) *
> > scsibus1:
> > 1,0,0 100) 'SIIG' 'CompactFlash Car' '0113' Removable Disk
> > 1,1,0 101) *
> > 1,2,0 102) *
> > 1,3,0 103) *
> > 1,4,0 104) *
> > 1,5,0 105) *
> > 1,6,0 106) *
> > 1,7,0 107) *
> >
> > If that doesn't work try modprobe sg first.
> > This tells us the scsi device of the burner is 0,0,0. That's the
argument
> > you provide to cdrecord. The following line works just fine on my
system:
> > cdrecord -v -speed 8 -dev 0,0,0 example.iso
> >
> > All these things must be correct. You need to get the scsi device
number
> > correct, the kernel must acknowledge your cd burner in the dmesg output,
you
> > must supply the correct /dev/hdX device name, and the ide-scsi module
must
> > be loaded. If any of these things are missing or wrong then all bets
are
> > off. Hope this helps!
> >
> >
>
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