[WYLUG-help] still trying to get this machine to copy cds/dvds

[Mike]

Thanks, Nigel. The filename, having checked, is image. It is in the
directory /tmp. The last few lines when using the command cdrecord
-dev=/dev/cdrom1 /etc/image are:

Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'LTR-52327S      '
Revision       : 'QS57'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P
RAW/R96R
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/etc/image'.

which is the same result as for cdrecord -dev=/dev/cdrom1
/etc/image.iso, except for the last bit - Cannot open '/etc/image.iso'

I am lost. However, I just tried again as root and burned a CD from
another directory - but then I can't mount cdrom1 to read it:

Unable to mount the selected volume. The volume is probably in a format
that cannot be mounted.

and when I click "show more details":

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom1,
       or too many mounted file systems

So I tried to burn another DVD using the full contents of a directory -
/directory_name/* and the last few lines I got are:

Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'DVDRW SOHW-1213S'
Revision       : 'TS08'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
cdrecord: Found DVD media: using cdr_mdvd.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording.
cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.

Finally, I tried cdrecord -dev=/dev/cdrom1 /home/mike/fsb/* and the
output was:

cdrecord: No write mode specified.
cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent
defaults.
cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in
this version.
scsidev: '/dev/cdrom1'
devname: '/dev/cdrom1'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version
(schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c
1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'LTR-52327S      '
Revision       : 'QS57'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P
RAW/R96R
Speed set to 9173 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  52.0 in real TAO mode for single
session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
trackno=0
cdrecord: Is a directory. read error on input file

So, unless I'm misreading what is going on, my system is very near to
being able to write CDs but DVDs still seem some way beyond it - or me!
:( Am I likely to have more success if I use the mkisofs command to put
the output somewhere other than /tmp?

There are a number of things I am failing to understand. First, I
thought /tmp was readable/writable by anyone, so why am I getting
variable results between /tmp and /home/user even as root (su)? The rest
of the list I am simply failing to understand! I am not even sure where
to start reading if there is some written material, online or elsewhere,
which may help.

As one last effort, each time I put a blnk CD or DVD into the
appropriate drive, a "CD Creator" box pops up. This time I threw a few
files and directories into it and clicked file>>write to CD and got
this, now seemingly familiar, output:

cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. Cannot get SCSI I/O buffer.
SCSI buffer size: 64512
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version
(schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c	1.83
04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
devname: '/dev/hdd'
scsidev: '/dev/hdd'
cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent
defaults.
cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
cdrecord: No write mode specified.

Yesterday John Hodrien wrote: "assuming we've steered clear of the whole
ide-scsi pain" - well it would appear so from the above but I would
still like to be able to write CDs and DVDs using my FC2 box!

Many thanks for all of your efforts, but please keep them coming!

Best,

Mike