i am running redhat 9, my burner is a Buslink 12x10x32x, im using xcd roast

it reads cds no problem, but when i put a blank cd in it acts like it is trying to load it, the light stays on for a while but it doesnt do anything, i turned autorun off in kde but it still does it

i let cdroast while it was reading it and when it stoped it said something like: invalid media, or no cd in drive

im stumped , im sure its something simple that i overlooked, which is the most frustrating part

please help

the software will not do like windows and give you a
message that the cdrom is blank "do you wish to burn?"
you just burn
at the terminal
you can run
cdrecord -scanbus
to see if the drive is set up to run as a burner or not.
see what happens, and we'll help you from there.

ok, i ran cdrecord -scanbus, this is what it said:

Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jrg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling')
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'LITE_ON ' 'LTR-12101B ' 'LS39' Removeable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *

what does it say its a SCSI drive when its an IDE drive?

cdrecord is made to work with scsi drives, so linux
has a driver that makes an ide drive look like a
scsi drive to cdrecord.

i think it may just be acting differently than you expect.
what are you wanting it to do when you put a blank in?
xcdroast is a little hard to figure out. there's a bunch of
cdrecording frontends in redhat9. you could try
something else.

that lite-on drive is your burner right?

yeah the lite-on is my burner

i cant get cdroast to burn at all,

this is what it says after it hangs on initializing cd-writer for a good 5 minuets and then says there is no cd or invalid media:

Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev=0,0,0 gracetime=2 fs=4096k driveropts=burnfree -v -useinfo speed=12 -dao -eject -pad tsize=97117s -data -

scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
pregap1: -1
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'LTR-12101B '
Revision : 'LS39'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1994752 = 1948 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x00 (incompatible medium installed) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 200s
cdrecord: No disk / Wrong disk!
Total size: 217 MB (21:35.09) = 97132 sectors
Lout start: 218 MB (21:37/07) = 97132 sectors

ive tried burning different cd's none of them work

that looks set up right to me. i haven't seen that
warning about the tranport code stuff before.
maybe thats SCO code, and it's screwing up linux.
hopefully somebody else knows something for you to
try. i would search on google for that transport warning
and see if the guy that wrote cdrecord complains about
it anywhere. you might try upgrading or downgrading
your version of cdrecord too.

ok, well thanks for trying im looking on google right now, ill post if i get anything that looks like it might work

I have a lite-on burner and these commands work perfectly for me.
# CD burning info
Is it configured and what is the device? Command this to find out:
cdrecord -scanbus
Adding an IDE CD-Writer to Linux
CD Writing HOWTO
# Burn an ISO to disk
cdrecord -v speed=5 dev=0,0,0 /path/to/foo.iso
# Burn from disk to disk
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=5 -isosize /dev/cdrom
# Generate an ISO from a directory.
mkisofs -Jr -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
mkisofs -vrTJUV "Label" -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
# Generate an ISO from a CD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso
Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO
# Convert mp3 to wav with lame
for i in *.mp3; do lame --decode $i `basename $i .mp3`.wav; done
# Burn a CD from wav files
cdrecord -v -audio -pad speed=5 dev=0,0,0 /path/to/*.wav
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 speed=5 blank=fast

ok i tried burning with cdrecord (although i would prefer a GUI burner) and this is what it said

[root@Linux tom]# cdrecord -v speed=5 dev=0,0,0 /home/tom/foo.iso
Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jrg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'LTR-12101B '
Revision : 'LS39'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1994752 = 1948 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 51 MB
Total size: 59 MB (05:54.80) = 26610 sectors
Lout start: 60 MB (05:56/60) = 26610 sectors
cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 01 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x01 (medium not present - tray closed) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s
cdrecord: No disk / Wrong disk!
[root@Linux tom]# one with: Ending pad block Block(s) 26
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# Max brk space used 7024
bash: Max: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# 26608 extents written (51 Mb)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# [root@Linux tom]# cdrecord -v speed=5 dev=0,0,0 /home/tom/foo.iso
bash: [root@Linux: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jrg Schilling
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
bash: TOC: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# scsidev: '0,0,0'
bash: scsidev:: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
bash: scsibus:: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
bash: Linux: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
bash: Using: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.75-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.75 02/10/21 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# atapi: 1
bash: atapi:: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Device type : Removable CD-ROM
bash: Device: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Version : 0
bash: Version: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Response Format: 1
bash: Response: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Vendor_info : 'LITE-ON '
bash: Vendor_info: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Identifikation : 'LTR-12101B '
bash: Identifikation: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Revision : 'LS39'
bash: Revision: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
bash: Device: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# Driver flags : MMC SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
bash: Driver: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
bash: Supported: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Drive buf size : 1994752 = 1948 KB
bash: Drive: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
bash: FIFO: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Track 01: data 51 MB
bash: Track: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Total size: 59 MB (05:54.80) = 26610 sectors
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# Lout start: 60 MB (05:56/60) = 26610 sectors
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# cdrecord: Input/output error. test unit ready: scsi sendcmd: no error
bash: cdrecord:: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
bash: CDB:: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 3A 01 00 00
bash: Sense: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
bash: Sense: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# Sense Code: 0x3A Qual 0x01 (medium not present - tray closed) Fru 0x0
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
[root@Linux tom]# cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s
bash: cmd: command not found
[root@Linux tom]# cdrecord: No disk / Wrong disk!
bash: cdrecord:: command not found

is this just a problem with redhat 9, i have 7.3 also, i think it worked with that