EDIT - PROBLEM SOLVED:
You know what? I forgot to update /etc/fstab. Instead of /dev/hdc pointing to /mnt/cdrom it should be /dev/scd0. I also set /dev/scd0 chmod 666 to allow all users to be able to utilise the burner, although setting group permissions and adding individual users to the appropriate group should also work.
I thought I should update this to show the solution in case others have a similar problem.

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I'm hoping someone can point out the obvious (to everyone but myself) error that I have made in setting my IDE CD-RW to work under a 2.4 series Kernel in Slackware 10.1. My cd-rw was originally recognised as an IDE CD-ROM on secondary IDE BUS (hdc) and worked fine (although I do recall I may have done some weird tweaking originally that may be coming back to haunt me and that I now cannot recall well enough to duplicate - possibly).

Background on what I have done so far:

Once I decided I really should be able to use my CD-RW fully and not just as a CD-ROM I:

1. Edited lilo.conf to include append="hdc=ide-scsi"
2. Re-ran lilo to set the change
3. As root I performed cd /dev && rm cdrom && ln -sf scd0 cdrom
(I figured keeping the mountpoint set as /mnt/cdrom shouldn't hurt, perhaps I was wrong).

So, I then rebooted and tried: cdrecord -scanbus which identifies my cd-rw and the "scsi bus" to which it is attached as follows:
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'MATSHITA' 'UJDD410 ' '2.02' Removable CD-ROM

However, if I try to mount and read a data cd, I am told:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
missing codepage or other error
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

And running dmesg | tail produces:
ide-scsi: hdc: unsupported command in request queue (0)
end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32

Any help would be greatly apreciated and I will, of course, be MORE than happy to supply any further necessary info that may be required.

Thanks in advance for any help you are able to provide.
Chris

I did a Google search on Linux + CDRW + UDF and here's a link I found that seems to be a good point in the right direction:
http://www.seto.org/mt-diary/2005/10...g_udf_cdr.html

I think UDF stands for Universal Disk Format - packet-based disk/file system. This is all a moot point when the CD-RW is finalized/session closed.

I'm not sure if the above is an artifact of the disk not being mounted UDF. Try the commands in the above link and see if that takes care of your situation.

-*-Bill
Beelybox.com