[vox-tech] IDE cdrw/dvdrw

[Jonathan Stickel]

I'm sure Ken answered all your questions to your satisfaction, but for 
the GUI users out there, K3B (http://www.k3b.org/) is the best Linux 
cd/dvd burning frontend I have used yet.  It automatically recognizes 
and uses ide burners with not trouble at all.  And for the first time, I 
have successfully burned dvds in Linux!

Jonathan


Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> i bought a memorex EIDE cdrw / dvdrw.  the box didn't say ATAPI, neither
> did the manual, but looking at dmesg, this drive registered with the
> kerel as ATAPI.
> 
> i've never played around with IDE-SCSI CD writers before.  all my
> experience is with pure good ol' SCSI.
> 
> looking through the kernel config, i found a driver called ide-cd which
> looks like what i want (can someone confirm this?).
> 
> i made the ide-cd module and insmoded it.
> 
> according to the cdrecord man page, i need to specify the SCSI device
> name with the transport layer.  the SCSI transport layer is default, so
> instead of what i'm used to:
> 
>    cdrecord -audio -v dev=0,5,0 *.wav
> 
> i now need to specify a transport layer:
> 
>    cdrecord -audio -v dev=ATAPI:0,5,0 *.wav
> 
> 
> 
> this means i need to get a SCSI device number for my new ATAPI drive.  i
> did:
> 
>    cdrecord -scanbus
> 
> and saw all my SCSI devices, but not the ATAPI CDRW / DVDRW.
> 
> 
> any suggestions?
> 
> for those of you with ATAPI CDRW's or DVDRW's: can you please run
> "cdrecord -scanbus" and tell me if you see your device in the output?
> 
> thanks!
> pete
>