Hi
An Hp 3100i recently came my way and I'm trying to use it under Mandrake 9.1.I don't know if anyone may be familiar with this drive as HP never sold it!Was supposed to be released back in late 99/early 2000 but never happened.Hp must have sold these off recently as there starting to surface NOS.Anyhow it's a 1.5xDVD-rw/11xCD-rw SCSI drive but it seen by Mandrake as a reader.I'm using it on a P4 with an Adaptec 2940uw Is there a way for it to be seen as writer?Any ideas would be vastly appreciated thanks!

Post the result of this command:

cdrecord -scanbus

CD Writing HOWTO

[root@localhost myloth]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'SEAGATE ' 'ST118202LC ' '7D04' Disk
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) 'HP ' 'DVD Writer 3100 ' 'D.96' Removable CD-ROM
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *

I should also mention that it is not functinoal under doze as well except as dvd/cd reader.

right so you know what the scsi location is.... 0,4,0... so just use dvdrecord (or is cdrecord natively supporting now?) check the cdrecord manpages for syntax.

# CD burning copying ripping info
Is it configured and what is the device? Command this to find out:
cdrecord -scanbus
CD Writing HOWTO
Burning CDs on Linux
# Burn an ISO to disk
cdrecord -v speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/foo.iso
# Burn from disk to disk
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> -isosize /dev/cdrom
#ISO information
isoinfo -i -d /dev/cdrom
# Generate an ISO from a directory.
mkisofs -vrTJUV "Label" -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
# Generate an ISO from a CD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso
# cdparanoia - search for a drive with reporting of autosense:
cdparanoia -vsQ
# Rip a complete audio CD with cdparanoia
cdparanoia -B "1-"
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=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/*.wav
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> blank=fast

I tried to use in Kb3 and Kb3 says its a reader and not writer it's supposed to burn either dvd or cdrw.Right now I need cd burner function.

Open an x terminal
command
su -
give root's password

Now, try the commands in my post

You can see and report errors in that x terminal