Re: xcdroast

[Andrea Vettorello <andrea.vettorello@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:58:30 -0500, Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net> wrote:
> Marc Demlenne wrote:
> >>I'm using the Kernel 2.6.8
> >>I do not have SCSI emulation configured for this because I was under the
> >>  impression that it was no longer required for the 2.6 kernel.
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Got the same problem. When recompiling my 2.6 for the first time, i
> > switched off SCSI emulation as it's said not to be needed any more.
> >
> > But xcdroast still _does_ need SCSI emulation. If you take a look on
> > their site, you'll see :
> >
> > "I had several reports that the last 2.6.x kernel broke CD-Writing
> > using the ATAPI driver. Don't update if you want to continue to use
> > X-CD-Roast, or switch back to SCSI-emulation."
> >
> > So there's no other solution ! You still use scsi emulation, even with
> > 2.6, or yuou take smthg else to burn your CD.
> >
> > By the way, i post another question... What's the best way to burn
> > CD's under Linux ? xcdroast used to be a must, but doesn't seem to be
> > well maintained any more, does it ? Maybe it's still a must anyway ?
> >
> > Another way to burn is to do this manually, on console line. Not the
> > easiest way, but a reliable one !
> > You can take a look at CD-Burning howto, it's not so difficult !
> >
> > Good luck !
> >
> >
> 
> I was able to get the scsi emulation turned back on easily enough.  And
> it did burn one CD, the one I needed.  But now I need to access the
> stupid thing and I have no idea which device it really is.
> sr1 (according to dmesg) isn't it
> hdc isn't it
> sg0 isn't it
> sg1 isn't it
> 
> I wish to god someone would come up with a better way of managing these
> devices.  It's one thing to know what device branch it's under, it's
> another to have 169 possibilities under that branch with most of them
> dead ends.
> 
> Very frustrated.
> 
> I'll try upgrading to 2.6.9 and removing all the SCSI stuff for now.
> I need to access the disk more than anything right now.
> 

Is an IDE CD writer? 

If yes, try to put manually in xcdrecord config the device name using
the cdrecord naming scheme that you find with "cdrecord dev=ATA
-scanbus" or using the default IDE scheme, i.e. what usually you find
on dmesg. Something like "/dev/hdc" if the writer is using the first
channel (master?) of the second IDE interface.

> This brings up another point.  How are you supposed to know what USB
> device is assigned to a USB storage device?  My only solution is to plug
> it in and watch the logs.  Are there any better alternatives?
> 
> 

Are you using udev/hal? In this case you can put a rule in
/etc/udev/rules.d, you should find the details in the udev
documentation.


Andrea