At 10:35 AM 6/9/2005, Rob wrote:
At 04:50 AM 6/9/2005, you wrote:
Govind Chandra schreef:
> Just installed Gentoo 2005.0.
>
> cdrecord -scanbus says there are issues with kernel 2.5 and newer.
>
> Is there any way of writing CDs in Gentoo 2005.0?
>
> Govind
>
>
Of course there is... don't you think you'd have heard about it if none
of us could write CD's and DVDs? I mean, that would be *news* ;-) .
That message is... well, not untrue, but misleading. We've been beyond
the 2.5 stage long enough that while the "issues" are not "fixed" (due
to the developer of cdrecord being in philosophical conflict with the
kernel devs), they have long ago had workarounds developed for them.
So CD recording works fairly normally under Linux-- certainly under X,
where there are several frontends available that record such media
reliably. Under the console, a read-through of the man pages is in order
due to 1) specific settings needed to run cdrecord using an ATAPI
recorder rather than a SCSI one; 2) additional programs needed to record
DVDs (rather than CDs) or special formats (like ISOs). But it's all
pretty straightforward, and works well (I haven't burned a coaster in
months).
What precisely is the problem you're having?
Holly
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Dear list,
Here is my experience: I followed the kernel warnings that ide-scsi was
depricated, then found out that most of the burner programs would not work
or worked lousy with an ide ATAPI interface. So I went back to the
hdc=ide-scsi kernel option. I would like to, however, follow the correct
procedure, that is, use an ide atapi interface, only it didn't work out for
me the first time. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Sincerely, Rob.
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