I'm trying to burn a music cd but everytime i tried to use a graphical cd burning client,it gives me an error.So i checked the book my redhat came with.In the book,it says i have to load some modules and something about the kernel which is very confusing and hard to understand.If someone here burnt a cd with redhat and can help me,please reply.Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Think you are talking about the scsi emulation module (scsi-ide). You can edit the lilo or grub conf file, whichever is appropriate, and add append="hdx=ide-scsi" to enable the emulation at the boot time.

Cheers,
Senthil

I did that already,now i'm trying to burn music with KOnCD.I got this error the last time i tried:
/usr/bin/cdrecord: No such file or directory. No read access for ''.

maybe a permissions problem. see if cdrecord has read permissions for other.

Its alreadsy chmod to 755

The excellent k3b burning software seems to only run with root permissions.

You may try opening a terminal window and doing su -m follwed by whatever command you use to start the CD program. This'll run it as root with the current logged in environment preserved.

# 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=<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
# 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=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/*.wav
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> blank=fast

i'm not sure how to get koncd working. i myself haven't gotten it to work. i'm using xcdroast right now which requires cdrecord, cdda2wav, and mkisofs. xcdroast takes care of setting up permissions for you and all you need to do is add your user to the group, xcdwrite. run it the first time as root and set it to run in non-root mode. save the configuration file and then run it in your user account. save a configuration file for your user and you're good to go. i've tried k3b myself and successfully compiled and installed it, but i fall into the minority group where running it causes a complete machine freeze. i don't know how many people here use koncd, but you may want to try some other cd burning (front ends) programs out there.

I'm using "arson" for burning cd's an it works great. If there's an error it tells you what to do to fix it.

I tried Xcdroast but i dont know how to use it

I'm trying to convert my mp3 files to wav but after i type up the command,they give me this error:
bash: lame: command not found

You will have to install it, then.

# Guides to software and installation and uninstallation
LNAG - How do I install a program I downloaded from the Internet?
Rute Guide's software explanation
You might want to check out CheckInstall to manage source code installations/uninstallation

# Find software here
The table of equivalents, replacements, analogs of Windows software in Linux
Freshmeat
Sourceforge
rpmfind

# Redhat links
RedHat Linux Manuals
Get your mp3 support here
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
RedHat 8.0 Tips & Tricks

# Redhat 7.3 down configuration commands
setup leads to several configuration tools

# Redhat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard:
redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server:
redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network:
redhat-config-network
Manage software:
redhat-config-packages

# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project

It still gives me the same error after i installed it

Is /usr/bin in your PATH? It usually installs there.

If not, give the full path to lame

/usr/bin/lame <rest of command flags, etc>