[Gllug] cdrom writing

[Peter Childs]

On 02/04/06, Peter Childs <peterachilds at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/04/06, Bruce Richardson <itsbruce at uklinux.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 03:57:45PM +0100, Peter wrote:
> > > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot
> > > open SCSI driver.
> >
> > That message is quite clear.  It is trying to connect to the CD device
> > by a name that does not exist in your /dev/ directory.  Either you do
> > not have the correct modules loaded or you have not configured cdrecord
> > to be using the correct device.
> >

ide-cd is loaded cdrecord says cdrom cdrom points to hdc which works
fine as my cdrom drive.

The point is that cdrecord don't like ide but the kernal people say to
use ide now and this is better that scsi and its bascally as bigger
mess as windows

Peter

> > So check that you have the right modules loaded, for a start.  Then
> > check that you are passing the right device to cdrecord, which you can
> > do either using the dev= parameter or (on Debian, at least) by editing
> > /etc/cdrecord/cdrecord.
> >
> > > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
> >
> > Try doing that as well.
> >
> > > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
> > > cdrecord:
> > > cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc
> > > cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup .
> >
> > And try that.  Read the documentation.  This is something that you
> > frequently fail to do before asking questions on the list.
> >
>
> I've read the docs but they are all more than 5 years out of date, and
> it was working last time I remember.
>
> Peter Childs
> Beginning to believe that Linux is as bad as windows and that he
> should go back to 2.4! at least it worked reliably.
>
> > > Like most things on computers thinks don't just work
> > > Normally I'm quite good with computers
> >
> > Not from the evidence of your posts here.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce
> >
> > Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
> >
> >
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