cdrecord but no SCSI?

zecodela · 10-15-2004, 10:00 PM

hi,
i am using gentoo. i want to use cdrecord to burn a CD. but, my cdr writer is a IDE device only. is it possible to use cdrecord to burn cd? any tutorial for this?
thanks,
jim

homey · 10-15-2004, 10:06 PM

Almost all of my cdrom devices have been ide. I add a line to the grub boot loader to emulate scsi.
hdc=ide-scsi

However, My Fedora 2 box is using the newer kernel which doesn't seem to use that scsi emulation.

UsualTuxpect · 10-15-2004, 10:14 PM

I am on gentoo []2004.2 ... i have a ide cd-writer too...

I didnt have have to make any modifications...

after i emerged k3b ... it recognized my cd-writer right away...

All the newer kernel's don't need --->ide-scsi or ide-cd to be passed to the kerenl at bootup...

What kernel are u running on ????

zecodela · 10-15-2004, 11:01 PM

my kernel is 2.4.26.
i did not set the grub for scsi simulator? i just mount my CDr when i need it.
any step by step to burn CD for me? also, k3b is another burner tools?

homey · 10-15-2004, 11:15 PM

If you run the command: cdrecord --scanbus you should see your cdrom device listed as 0,0,0 or similar. You are using the older kernel so you do need the scsi emulation on the grub.conf and reboot after so it is properly loaded.

K3b is a user friendly tool for burning cdroms, but you still would need to take care of the scsi thingy.

Cerbere · 10-16-2004, 06:59 AM

You don't necessarily need scsi emulation. Try running the following command:

cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus

If you can see your cdrw, then just use the -dev=ATAPI:X,X flag (with X,X corresponding to the output of scanbus) when you burn. This way you can slim down your kernel by eliminating scsi support and you don't have to pass any special parameters to the kernel when booting.

You can get more info by reading README.ATAPI in the cdrecord documentation.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

[edit] Added link to README.ATAPI from cdrtools homepage [/edit]