When i installed slackware 8.1 my burner didnt get set up....im sure it never does, anyways, what i did was in my /etc/fstab i added

/dev/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

pretty much just copied what was for my cdrom but added 2 on the end of cdrom.....then i made a symlink /dev/cdrom2 and pointed it to /dev/hdd (my burner location), then made folder /mnt/cdrom2.....mounted fine, can read files fine, havent tried to burn anything yet, gonna download xcdroast right now...but does that sound like the correct way to do it/?? a few places i read that i needed to add something to my lilo.conf file, but didnt understand why that would be needed so tried without, so just checking with everyone here -thanks

you need to add ide-scsi emulation in lilo. please search the site.

Hi.

I've got the same pb as you before.
But I resolved it:

I Update Kernel configuration

1) Enable scsi emulation in IDE section

2) Enable sg (SCSI generic device applies to burner) emulation in SCSI section

3) Enable SCSI cdrom support for reading device, and deactivate IDE cdrom support for this device

II) Update /etc/lilo.conf

4) Update the line append of /etc/lilo.conf by adding hdx=scsi
where x is the location of the burner/reading device:
eg for your config append="hdd=scsi"
for me append="hdb=scsi hdc=scsi" (hdb is DVDROM, hdc is burner)

5) run lilo to update the MBR

III) Update symbolics links /dev/cdromn (if exists)

6) run ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom for the first SCSI device
run ln -sf /dev/sr1 /dev/cdrom1 for the second SCSI device ...

7) Restart linux

8) run cdrecord --scanbus CDRecord will show the SCSI devices.

9) That's it

Bye

Nicolas Hourdeau

ok will do, but just out of curiousity what does that part do??? the lilo part?? -thanks

The lilo part tells your kernel to use scsi emulation for the cdrw.

Ok, thanks, i was wondering why i was able to burn a CD without enabling scsi emulation....then was reading up on xcdroast manual and i guess its not needed anymore with the newest version.