CD Writer

ilnli · 05-30-2008, 08:48 AM

Hi,

I've connected my HP 7200 CD-Writer with a laplink cable to my computer, now when I do:

modprobe paride
modprobe epat

The above two modules get inserted fine but when I do:

modprobe pcd
or
modprobe pg

it says:

FATAL: Error inserting pcd (/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/kernel/drivers/block/paride/pcd.ko): Operation not permitted
or
FATAL: Error inserting pg (/lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/kernel/drivers/block/paride/pg.ko): Operation not permitted

And running dmesg command returns:

paride: epat registered as protocol 0
pcd: pcd version 1.07, major 46, nice 0
pcd0: Autoprobe failed
pcd: No CD-ROM drive found
pg: pg version 1.02, major 97
pga: Autoprobe failed
pg: No ATAPI device detected
pcd: pcd version 1.07, major 46, nice 0
pcd0: Autoprobe failed
pcd: No CD-ROM drive found
pg: pg version 1.02, major 97
pga: Autoprobe failed
pg: No ATAPI device detected

I can't figure out what's the problem could anyone help me in fixing this please.

Thanks,
Imran

GrapefruiTgirl · 05-30-2008, 08:54 AM

Any chance the device is SCSI rather than Atapi?

Try typing lsscsi and see if anything turns up.

Sasha

michaelk · 05-30-2008, 09:51 AM

The HP 7200E is an external parallel port device. The 7200 is an IDE device.

A true laplink cable is special cable designed for transferring data between two computers using the parallel port. It will not work if you use it to connect it to a printer or in your case the CDROM drive (AFAIK).

Did you configure the parallel port in the BIOS for EPP?

I do not know why the pcd or the gp module is failing

ilnli · 05-30-2008, 10:29 AM

I've just tried it with LapLink cable only cause I was being told that this type of CD Writer will only work with LapLink cable, in the meantime I'll try it with parallel cable but I'll really appreciated any other suggestions thanks.

TB0ne · 05-30-2008, 10:43 AM

How about just spending $50 on a USB CD burner, and avoiding the whole issue?

ilnli · 06-03-2008, 05:14 AM

Hi TB0ne,

You are right but the thing is that I'm not basically going to use it I just have to do some testing with this CD Writer basically.

ilnli · 06-03-2008, 05:17 AM

The problem of modprob seems to have been resolved but I'm facing another problem all the modules get inserted properly and my dmesg show:

Code:

paride: epat registered as protocol 0
pg: pg version 1.02, major 97
pga: Sharing parport0 at 0x378
pga: epat 1.02, Shuttle EPAT chip c6 at 0x378, mode 2 (8-bit), delay 1
pga: HP CD-Writer+ 7200, slave
pcd: pcd version 1.07, major 46, nice 0
pcd0: Sharing parport0 at 0x378
pcd0: epat 1.02, Shuttle EPAT chip c6 at 0x378, mode 2 (8-bit), delay 1
pcd0: Slave: CD-Writer+ 7200
pcd0: mode sense capabilities completion: alt=0x51 stat=0x51 err=0x60 loop=0 phase=3
pcd0: mode sense capabilities: Sense key: 6, ASC: 29, ASQ: 0

When I try to mount the cd in Readonly or Write mode my whole system hangs

Code:

mount -r /dev/pcd0 /mnt/

Can anyone help me with this please.

Thanks

ilnli · 06-05-2008, 05:15 AM

any suggestions please.