On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 15:06:43 +0800 "Peter H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Season Greetings, > > Slackware 10, Kernel 2.4.26 > > I got myself an Asus Atapi CD-RW-Drive and I am not sure if this was > the right > choice for Linux. I was able to make it work following the > instruction of the > program xcdroast, however, some things seem strange. > > I always get error messages telling not to use atapi instead scsi. Since you are using a 2.4.26 kernel, you might want to try ide-scsi emulation. It is deprecated for 2.6.* kernels but should be fine with yours. If your boot loader is lilo, you can put append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi" or whatever devices you need scsi emulation for. I have no experience with grub, but someone will know on this list, I'm sure. (The append line goes in /etc/lilo.conf - which you will of course need to edit as root in your editor of choice. After editing it be sure to run/sbin/lilo-v before rebooting! Otherwise your changes won't take effect... ) The -v for running lilo is "verbose", which might be useful if you make an error. > > I had a CD with picture files on. When I copied them to the HD I > can't open > them and copying back to the CD I can't open them as well any > longer. In fact > I can not mount the CD anymore. Only xcdroast can. > $ mount /mnt/cdrom > mount: Not a directory This is a mystery to me, sorry - maybe someone else has a suggestion. > > Trying too boot Knoppix 3.4 from the CD I get only a blank screen. > Booting > from CD and then switching to HD, Knoppix works alright. > > It seems that xcdroast can only write .wav and .iso files????? > > Questions: > > Is there a better CD-RW-Drive for Linux than Asus? The shop is > willing to > exxchange. > > Are there better programs than xcdroast to R+W and which? For sheer ease of use I doubt that anything beats k3b (a KDE app - but it will of course run happily with whatever window manager/ desktop environment you prefer) Using the command line directly is quicker, but confusing at first. K3b is an excellent, user-friendly CD burning GUI program, with easy dialogs and buttons. XCDroast is fine, but k3b is easier to use, in my opinion. > > Thanks & regards > > > -- > Peter > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
