Need help burning CD on Slackware 10.2
 

Hi guys, I read all the threads but I can't get this to work. I can burn CDs on this machine from Win and also from Linux Live CDs (using KDE) but I run X and not KDE or gnome on this Slackware box.

I don't know what the problem is. I tried Chinaman's commands that I found in an old post and I get error messages from cdrecord.

The reason I can't burn this particular CD from a live CD is that it's bigger than available memory and the live CDs (running from RAM) all lock up- at least that's what happened on various versions of Slax and DSL. I also can't burn it from Win because the source file is on a reiserfs partition.

Thanks,
Randux

Have you tried to make the iso (mkisofs...) on a mounted partition.

I mean mouting an existing partition and write the iso to disk, then burn it.

Just a thought

Thanks but I am trying to write files which are not ISO. So I don't understand your suggestion.

You create an .iso of the files you want to burn, and burn the iso. Here's a good how-to over at IBM for burning CDs from the command line:

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwork.../l-cdburn.html

You can. ofcourse, run KDE apps (i.e. k3b) in a non-KDE desktop environment (flux/blackbox/xfce/fvwm etc. etc.) provided you have the KDE base, libs and qt packages installed (maybe one or two others).

EDIT; additional:

btw, there are reiserfs (and ext2/3) drivers available for Windows.

1.which kernel u r using ??
2.what is the output of "#cdrecord -scanbus"

if u r using 2.4 kernel.. then u need scsi emulation.
appending lilo is needed.

if u have k3b installed, try runnig tht

Thanks for the pointer. I'll look at it. I'm on to plan B now, back to burning it from a live CD since I realized that I can mount a dead partition as /tmp and then KDE will have enough work space to make an image.

Of course I don't have the KDE libs installed, that's the whole point! :p

Interesting note on various fs drivers available for win. But I don't trust win to do anything except play MP3s...

You're exactly right, it can't find the scsi driver. And the modprobe fails on init every time. I've been ignoring it.

I'll have to come back to this later. Right now I need to make some backups.

Thanks for the help guys.

Do you have the append=ide-scsi line in your /etc/lilo.conf? Something like this:

Where /dev/hdc is your cdrom device (don't use the /dev/cdrom symlink).

Hi,

You load the modules from /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. You will need to un-comment the /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi.

Then add the append="hdc=ide-scsi" to the desired stanza lilo.conf. Don't forget to run lilo to update!


edit: If you use the kernel 2.6, then just put this in the correct stanza in lilo.conf;

append = "hdc=ide-cd"

HTH!

Hi,

I have noticed your post in the past! Several people have asked you to not use the aol speak. I now am asking you to not use it.

To use the aol speak makes the reading for understanding difficult.

The use of aol speak is for aol not LQ!

Your information would come across much better if you used proper written word along with GRAMMAR.

The thought is better conveyed by writing in fluid flow of information. Not broken!

If spelling is the problem, then use the spell check feature of LQ during the reply session.

Hey guys, quick question, is this line correct when declaring two burners?

Hi,

This is correct for kernels 2.4 or less to use scsi emulation. If you are using kernels 2.6 and above then;


You can place the append in the stanza of choice within lilo.conf. Don't forget to run lilo to update.

HTH!

Thanks for the reply, appreciated.

OD and Gary, thanks very much for the tips. Actually, I was able to do what I needed (kinda cool, actually, linux is really easy to administer!) I will have to get back to this. It's nice to know you guys are so helpful when someone has a problem.

Just a note, a lot of people from foreign countries (myself included) sometimes don't speak English so well. It's easy to think someone is aol-speaking when maybe their English isn't so good. We should all try to write clearly but not everyone can write on the same level.

Thanks again guys,
Rand

happy to know that you haev resolved your problem. i had
to left the office so i couldnt help you :(
one more question
"can you still read data cds after the scsi emulation?"

I didn't resolve the problem- I did something else instead. I will have to come back to this when I have time. I will try to remember to update this thread if I have any news. Thanks again to all.

ok if lq people are not satisfied with that(either it is aol or yahoo), then i w
ill. :)
then you have to forget about the grammer, spelling etc...
earlier i thought some are also using the same language, shortwords.

this lq(linuxqu..) is also a short form ;)
not many, that was not the way to correct a guy, now i
can understand i will change my language

for me posting in lq was somewhat similar to a chatting(i rarely use yahoo-messen
ger, but these shortcuts i learned from lq only ). i thought in lq community, the only language is linux. we are not following any rule. i use the quick reply mode only (that was a great idea)i dont think that "Randux" had some problem in understanding my post. also in that post i only used "u" insteas of "you" and "tht" for "that". these makes things easy.
also if u can understand the bash scripts why problem in reading this??

Note: i dont know what an aol means(america online) and what it is using for?
i dont want to know that, also i learned this language from typing in lq

i am stopping the discussion on this issue here(i dont want it to be a junk thread)anyway i will consider that and in my future threads you can see that.

are you getting error message when you run #cdrecord -scanbus? if so append lilo.
after appending lilo( it is a 2min job) and rebooting check wether u can "read" cds, if not, "you haev to create a simlink" (that we will discuss if you get problem)
Note: dont go for compiling 2.6 for resolving this issu ;)

best of luck

For anybody who is having problems, I installed the xcdroast package from the extras directory in the Slackware installation. It seems to be a nice app and seems to be working ok.

I'd also suggest you to take a look at bashburn.

Thanks, I looked at that and it couldn't discover my cd drive. I gave up after playing around with it for an hour or so. I had better luck with xcdroast.

Well, unlike spoken language, these forums are all text so it's not that difficult to actually learn the language as you go along. Sloth is practically the only reason for screwing up such basic parts of the English language. If someone is smart enough to figure out that they need to use a second-person pronoun, then they're smart enough to know how to spell it. Additionally, the more people take the lazy way out and type in 'idjit', the harder it becomes for non-native speakers to learn the language. Gods forbid they actually attempt to get a job somewhere using structures like that.