Subject: Re: CD Burning
From: Phil Kirschner (pak1@cec.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 10:25:59 MST
Hey thanks so much for all the info. I am downloading sources from
the linuxcare.com.au rsync site as I write this, so I will try to
turn on SCSI and compile it. (By the way, is there any way to tell
(after I comile this) what version of the kernel I am using now?)
When it is all said and done, I will let you know how it's working.
Again, thank you so much.
Phil
>At 12:12 AM -0600 1/28/00, Phil Kirschner wrote:
>>Hey all. Could somebody just tell me how complicated in general it
>>is to get a CD burner working under linux? I have glanced at the
>>how-to, but I really just want to know if I should bother trying
>>now, being that I am still a relative newbie.
>
>Pretty easy, but you may need to know how to build your own kernel
>and how to compile software.
>
>Do more than glance at the HOWTO, because it tells you exactly what
>you need to know. You need to have a kernel that supports the "sg"
>(SCSI_GENERIC) device. I don't think the kernel you mention
>supports sg, but you can easily find out by "cat /proc/devices". If
>it's supported, it'll show up. Here's what shows up mine:
>
>linux% cat /proc/devices
>Character devices:
> 1 mem
> 2 pty
> 3 ttyp
> 4 ttyS
> 5 cua
> 7 vcs
> 10 misc
> 14 sound
> 21 sg
> 29 fb
> 56 adb
>128 ptm
>136 pts
>
>Block devices:
> 1 ramdisk
> 2 fd
> 3 ide0
> 7 loop
> 8 sd
> 11 sr
>
>If it's not supported, you'll need to build your own kernel. It's
>pretty easy, and there are many places you can go to find out how to
>do it.
>
>You'll need cdrecord and mkisofs (they're part of the same source
>tarball, but may be separate RPM's) and you may want mkhybrid, which
>will allow you to burn CD's with Mac HFS information on them. I
>don't know whether these exist as RPM's, but they're easy to compile
>if not.
>
>>
>>I have CS1.1 installed on a beige G3 tower, and I have not changed
>>anything important enough to make a difference in this matter. The
>>kernel is 2.2.6-16bpmac, and the burner I was to connect is an
>>external SCSI burner from LaCie (it is really a Sony CDU948S). How
>>hard would it be for me to install it, and get software to burn
>>(mostly audio but the occasional data) cd's?
>
>
>Installing it and using it as a CD-ROM is dead simple. Shut your
>machine down, plug drive into the external SCSI port (first making
>sure that its SCSI address doesn't conflict with any other SCSI
>devices you have, including anything internal), and Linux will
>notice it when it comes up. To use it as a burner, though, AFAIK
>you'll need sg support.
>
>Mine is a LaCie with a Yamaha CRW6416S, and it works great. It's
>much easier burning CD's (even Mac hybrid CD's) under Linux than
>under MacOS.
>
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Phil
>>
>>"Today's CS lecture will be conducted entirely through the medium
>>of interpretive dance."
>> -Something I've always wanted to hear but never will.
>
>--
>Paul Schinder
>schinder@pobox.com
"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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