SlackwareThis Forum is for the discussion of Slackware Linux.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Distribution: Slackware & Slamd64. What else is there?
Posts: 1,705
Rep:
Need help burning CD on Slackware 10.2
Hi guys, I read all the threads but I can't get this to work. I can burn CDs on this machine from Win and also from Linux Live CDs (using KDE) but I run X and not KDE or gnome on this Slackware box.
I don't know what the problem is. I tried Chinaman's commands that I found in an old post and I get error messages from cdrecord.
The reason I can't burn this particular CD from a live CD is that it's bigger than available memory and the live CDs (running from RAM) all lock up- at least that's what happened on various versions of Slax and DSL. I also can't burn it from Win because the source file is on a reiserfs partition.
You can. ofcourse, run KDE apps (i.e. k3b) in a non-KDE desktop environment (flux/blackbox/xfce/fvwm etc. etc.) provided you have the KDE base, libs and qt packages installed (maybe one or two others).
EDIT; additional:
btw, there are reiserfs (and ext2/3) drivers available for Windows.
You can. ofcourse, run KDE apps (i.e. k3b) in a non-KDE desktop environment (flux/blackbox/xfce/fvwm etc. etc.) provided you have the KDE base, libs and qt packages installed (maybe one or two others).
EDIT; additional:
btw, there are reiserfs (and ext2/3) drivers available for Windows.
Thanks for the pointer. I'll look at it. I'm on to plan B now, back to burning it from a live CD since I realized that I can mount a dead partition as /tmp and then KDE will have enough work space to make an image.
Of course I don't have the KDE libs installed, that's the whole point!
Interesting note on various fs drivers available for win. But I don't trust win to do anything except play MP3s...
Distribution: Slackware & Slamd64. What else is there?
Posts: 1,705
Original Poster
Rep:
OD and Gary, thanks very much for the tips. Actually, I was able to do what I needed (kinda cool, actually, linux is really easy to administer!) I will have to get back to this. It's nice to know you guys are so helpful when someone has a problem.
Just a note, a lot of people from foreign countries (myself included) sometimes don't speak English so well. It's easy to think someone is aol-speaking when maybe their English isn't so good. We should all try to write clearly but not everyone can write on the same level.
OD and Gary, thanks very much for the tips. Actually, I was able to do wh
at I needed (kinda cool, actually, linux is really easy to administer!) I will h
ave to get back to this. It's nice to know you guys are so helpful when someone
has a problem.
happy to know that you haev resolved your problem. i had
to left the office so i couldnt help you
one more question
"can you still read data cds after the scsi emulation?"
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.