Greg, Thank you for the advice, but I think the version of Debian that I had didn't have the 2.6 kernel.
To Everyone else out there on the debian-user list: THIS LIST ROCKS!!!!!! I've only been on this list about a week, and I can see so much great information being passed. This is the best email list I have ever signed up for. Thank you to everyone on this list. Pete On Thu, 13 May 2004, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 18:25, David Cunningham wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Rohrman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Thomas Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:23 PM > > Subject: Re: cdrecord error > > > Is there a volmgt on Debian in my way of using cdrecord? If someone out > > > there knows, please pass it on as I would rather use debian than Sol x86. > > > > It's a known issue on Solaris that you must disable volmgt in order for > > cdrecord to work. On Linux you *must* have three things: (1) a parameter > > passed to the kernel at boot time, (2) the ide-scsi kernel module loaded, > > (3) cdrecord. > > You obviously haven't been using the 2.6.x Kernel. > ide-scsi is broken in it (well for the OLD way of doing things). > > Cooked IO for IDE devices should be using the "ATAPI:b,d,l" specifier. > (i.e.: ATAPI:0,0,0 for your first IDE device) > > > Here's a step by step. Be root to proceed. First of all be sure you know > > which device file (under /dev) refers to your cd burner. If it's primary > > slave then it's /dev/hdb and if it's secondary master then it's /dev/hdc and > > if it's secondary slave then it's /dev/hdd. > > Still this is advice for 2.4.x kernels. > > > Lat's say for sake of argument it's secondary master (/dev/hdc). Then your > > lilo append line must look like this: > > append="hdc=ide-scsi" > > > > If you already have an append line with other arguments in it then be sure > > to include those arguments between the quotes. > > The important part is that you use the correct device name, "hdc=ide-scsi" > > or "hdd=ide-scsi" or whatever is needed. > > > > When this is done, run lilo, reboot and check to see if your kernel > > recognized it. Issue this command: > > dmesg | grep ide_setup > > > > You should see something like "ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi" appear. That takes > > care of step 1. Now you need to load the ide-scsi driver. I'm going to > > assume you don't have it compiled directly into the kernel. Issue this line > > from the command prompt. > > modprobe ide-scsi > > Again not good advice for 2.6.x. > > > Now if you run dmesg you should see something like this toward the end of > > the dmesg output: > > scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices > > Vendor: SONY Model: CD-RW CRX0811 Rev: MYS2 > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > > > Now you're very close to being able to use your burner. The last step is to > > use cdrecord. Cdrecord expects your burner to be a scsi device. To find > > the scsi device number you're best off typing this: > > cdrecord --scanbus > > > > The output should resemble this (more or less): > > Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling > > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' > > scsibus0: > > 0,0,0 0) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX0811 ' 'MYS2' Removable CD-ROM > > 0,1,0 1) * > > 0,2,0 2) * > > 0,3,0 3) * > > 0,4,0 4) * > > 0,5,0 5) * > > 0,6,0 6) * > > 0,7,0 7) * > > scsibus1: > > 1,0,0 100) 'SIIG' 'CompactFlash Car' '0113' 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) * > > > > If that doesn't work try modprobe sg first. > > This tells us the scsi device of the burner is 0,0,0. That's the argument > > you provide to cdrecord. The following line works just fine on my system: > > cdrecord -v -speed 8 -dev 0,0,0 example.iso > > For the 2.6.x kernel use: > cdrecord -v -speed 8 -dev ATAPI:0,0,0 example.iso > > > All these things must be correct. You need to get the scsi device number > > correct, the kernel must acknowledge your cd burner in the dmesg output, you > > must supply the correct /dev/hdX device name, and the ide-scsi module must > > be loaded. If any of these things are missing or wrong then all bets are > > off. Hope this helps! > > Hope this helps too. > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry > > Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's > Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive > product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at > the playfield. -- Thane Walkup >
