Hi,

I am using Fedora Core 1

I can't burn CD's using the cdrecord command

I have a samsung cd-writer and a samsung cd-rom

Secondry ide master : Samsung CD-ROM

Secondry ide slave : Samsung CD-R/RW


The output of the commands is :-

[root@localhost root]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a19 (i686-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 J�rg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
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) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-R/RW SW-252B ' 'R701' Removable 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) *

I give the following command to write to the CD

[root@localhost root]#cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -audio song.mp3

and it gives me output

error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively retrying in one second...........................

error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively retrying in one second...........................

error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively retrying in one second...........................

error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively retrying in one second...........................

error trying to open /dev/scd0 exclusively retrying in one second...........................

bailing out...........................


I guess the error is because it tries to open/write with the cd-rom as it is the master

Isn't there a way to burn CD's with the writer without having to make it as the

master.

Thanx

It's not trying to open the CD-ROM at all. It does show it attempting to open the CD-RW, but it looks like something else may already have it in use.

I experience one more problem. On bootup sometimes my CD-R/RW ejects out

automatically. It does not happen always but occasionally it does.

Also sometimes my CD-R/RW ejects out by itself without my doing anything

It is always the CD-R/RW and never the CD-ROM

Is it related to this error in burning and how can i rectify that?

also .mp3 files have to be converted to wav files.
are you using cdrecord as root if not you may need to chmod 4755 /usr/bin/cdrecord if im not mistaken.

Ya,

I was using cdrecord as the root

and the problem is not only when

writing audio CD's it also when i try to write data CD's

infact whenever i try to write any kind of CD it gives the same problem