Subject: Re: oh, and about CDR...
From: Andrew Weiss (ajwdsp@cloud9.net)
Date: Wed Feb 16 2000 - 13:09:37 MST
Use /dev/scdx where x is the order of the device, not the id. If you only
have one SCSI cdrom it would be /dev/scd0. SG is for scanners and the
like and is not a block device.
Andrew
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Phil Kirschner wrote:
> I need to get cdrecord onto my system before I try to install
> something that uses it. When I tried to install it last night, it
> wasn't compiling right, so I think I may have downloaded the wrong
> one. Could you point me to the file (exactly) that I need? My drive
> is on the list of supported drives for cdrecord 1.8, so that seems to
> be the appropriate one.
>
> Also, my question about checking to see if the drive works at all has
> nothing to do with burning the CD's. I just want to know if I should
> be able to mount it and read from it. It is currently marked as ID 5
> on the SCSI chain, so I assumed that since I had to turn on sg in my
> kernel (as per instruction from others) that I could do:
>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/sg5 /mnt/burner
>
> ...but it says that /dev/sg5 is not a valid blck device.
>
> Any suggestions? I am really appreciating all of this help.
>
> >Most of the CD recording packages actually are a nice interface to drive
> >the "cdrecord" program gcombust, which I use, is such a setup. For a
> >list of drives supported by cdrecord see
> >
> >http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p
> >rivate/cdwriters-1.8.html
> >
> >Phil Kirschner wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there an easy way to tell if my drive works at all without
> > > installing the software, which is not working for me? It is plugged
> > > in externally, and I do have SCSI_Generic active in my kernel....
> > >
> > > >Try looking here for a variety:
> > > >
> > > >http://freshmeat.net/appindex/x11/cd%20writing%20software.html
> > > >http://freshmeat.net/search.php3?query=cdr
> > > >
> > > >I've been real happy with gcombust:
> > > >
> > > >http://www.abo.fi/~jmunsin/gcombust/
> > > >
> > > >Phil Kirschner wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone recommend a good program for burning CD's? I don't have
> > > > > anything like that installed now, so I would need an entire
> > > > > (preferable X11) package.
> > > > >
> > > > > "Today's CS lecture will be conducted entirely through the medium of
> > > > > interpretive dance."
> > > > > -Something I've always wanted to hear but never will.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >---
> > > >Ed Jaeger
> > > >
> > > >"I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my
> > > >life to interpret my dreams."
> > > >
> > > > -- Susan Sontag
> > >
> > > "Today's CS lecture will be conducted entirely through the medium of
> > > interpretive dance."
> > > -Something I've always wanted to hear but never will.
> >
> >--
> >---
> >Ed Jaeger
> >
> >"I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my
> >life to interpret my dreams."
> >
> > -- Susan Sontag
>
>
> "Today's CS lecture will be conducted entirely through the medium of
> interpretive dance."
> -Something I've always wanted to hear but never will.
>
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