On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 noone wrote (amazing, isn't it): > I'm looking for a solution to burn CD-Roms with my Laptop. > (Gericom OverdoseII, 366 Celeron, 64 Mb, 2x pcmcia, 2x usb) > It shouldn't be too expensive and should work in real life, not > just in theory. (And of course with linux) <SNIP> > external ide-writer connected to ide-pcmcia-card > inexpensive, no speed limit, the external case > can also be used for eide harddisks
I've done this, borrowed a friend's pcmcia/ide CD-RW device, compiled kernel with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI... (and it's prerequisites), I put options ide-cd ignore=hde alias scd0 sr_mod pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi in /etc/modules.conf (/etc/modutils/*, of course), After that, I simply plugged the thing in, and wrote CD's with cdrecord (I might have "modprobe'd something, I cannot remember right now). I just had a little trouble with inserting, taking out, reinserting, or something like that, where it sometimes came up as hdg - probably a little mess up on my side... but it can be fixed up quite easily. If someone wants more details, I'll try and get some more. (This "friend" of mine isn't too kind about lending me his CD-RW anymore, he now wants to charge quite a crazy amount per CD... so I don't use it anymore - the extra effort is worth the money saved.) Later, Hugo
