Re: Setting up a CD-RW drive

On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:17:09 -0700
"Richard C. Steffens" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm have a new (to me) machine, 
 
> Primary IDE Master	Samsung SV0844A
> Primary IDE Slave	None
> Secondary IDE Master	HP CD-Writer+ 7200
> Secondary IDE Slave	IOMEGA ZIP 100
 
> When I run cdrecord -scanbus I get this:
> 
> Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J?rg
> Schilling Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
> scsibus1:
> 	1,0,0	100) 'IOMEGA  ' 'ZIP 100         ' '14.A' Removable Disk
> 	1,1,0	101) *
> 	1,2,0	102) *
> 	1,3,0	103) *
> 	1,4,0	104) *
> 	1,5,0	105) *
> 	1,6,0	106) *
> 	1,7,0	107) *
> 

It doesn't look like cdrecord is seeing your cdrom.
Do a  `cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info` to verify the cdrecorder is seen by
the system. You might take a look at lsmod to verify you have the
modules loaded; ide-cd  and cdrom if you are using a module in
your kernel and don't have anything in the info file.

The current cdrecord doesn't need the ide-scsi module anymore and can
work with ATAPI hardware. It is also must more likely to create a good
CD. You might want to upgrade if cdrecord is not  current on "woody". 

Thank you
Russell