[PLUG] Configuring a CD Burner

[Matt King]

Put this in lilo.conf:

append="hdb=ide-scsi"

in the proper section for the currently booting kernel.  Substitute your
CD-R device name instead of hdb (probably hdc or hdd in a typical setup). 
Run lilo -v.  If you're not running lilo, I dunno anything about grub. 
Someone around here probably does.
You have to load the module, or if you're lucky it's in the kernel,  for
ATAPI ide-scsi emulation (called ide-scsi).  You also need SCSI support
and SCSI generic support modules or built into the kernel.  This should
get you going in the right direction.  I had it up after a few failed
attempts (and kernel recompiles).

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Matt King
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 Richard Steffens busted out the keyboard and typed:
> On my RH 7.0 machine, I have an HP 7200 series CD burner. I've never
> used it for burning CDs. It works fine for reading, but when I try to
> use cdrecord, I discover from the man page that I need a SCSI device. I
> note that this can be a virtual device and that somehow I can load a
> driver and map it.
>
> I've tried reading the HOWTO at:
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
>
> It only makes partial sense to me. I tried running the scripts in the
> Quickstart section, but didn't learn anything useful. Can anyone
> recommend another source of information on how to configure an IDE CD
> burner?
>
> (I did figure out how to prepare the data with mkisofs.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
> "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
> http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/
>
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