Re: CD burner not working with kernel 2.6
Sam Watkins(swatkins@fastmail.fm) is reported to have said:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 09:07:24PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > > $ cdrecord obsd36.iso
> >
> > I would expect that to fail! You never specified a device to write
> > to! Did you read the manual page??? The man page for cdrecord is a
> > must read/understand.
>
> Actually if you configure cdrecord right, "cdrecord foo.iso" does work.
> It saves typing if you specify the device in /etc/cdrecord/cdrecord.
>
Well it wasn't configured right or it should have worked then. I was
trying to figure out just what he had done with the skimpy info
supplied. He couldn't find the device and the dev=help is in the 4th
paragraph of the man page.
> Is it really necessary to tell people to RTFM? I imagine this might be
> embarrasing when in fact you are not correct.
I hardly ever use that but when he ignored the error prompt
"For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'" I got kind of fed up.
I'm not embarassed if it helped him find his problem.
WT
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