Re: CD writer wear out? RESOLVED

2006-07-20 Thread Art Edwards
Thanks to all who responded. I haven't tried the isopropyl alcohol yet, but reducing the write speed to 16x has suddenly made the writer much happier. Art Edwards On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 09:10:43PM -0500, Owen Heisler wrote: > On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:45 -0700, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > > I mak

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-19 Thread Art Edwards
The rewritable media actually use phase change materials that are locally melted by the write-laser. Depending on the shape of the laser pulse, the material is left in either an amorphous or a poly crystalline state (polycrystalline is more conductive and, hence, more reflective.) The read senses

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-19 Thread Manon Metten
Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: ... Over time I collected nine drives that stopped working: some wrote bad disks, others got read errors. Took the cases off and cleaned the lenses carefully with aqueous isopropyl "rubbing" alcohol on cotton swabs. Eight of the nine work perfectly now. Try it. The key

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-18 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 14:45 -0700, Cameron L. Spitzer wrote: > I make a lot of Knoppix disks because the Green Party here > gives them away. I get CD drives used or salvage or surplus, > all kinds and ages. Over time I collected nine drives that > stopped working: some wrote bad disks, others got

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-18 Thread Cameron L. Spitzer
[This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manon Metten wrote: > Art Edwards wrote: >> I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop >> writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's.r >> > My cd writer of white label

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-18 Thread Manon Metten
Art Edwards wrote: I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there something I should be doing? Art My cd writer of white lab

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-18 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 17 Jul 2006, Willie Wonka wrote: Art Edwards wrote: I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Jul 2006, Willie Wonka wrote: > Art Edwards wrote: > > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor > > says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there > > something I

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-17 Thread Willie Wonka
Art Edwards wrote: > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor > says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there > something I should be doing? You must be joking! You're "

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Jul 17 16:00 -0500]: > On Mon July 17 2006 12:54 pm, Art Edwards wrote: > > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor > > says that this is rare. Has any

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-17 Thread Alan Ianson
On Mon July 17 2006 12:54 pm, Art Edwards wrote: > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor > says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there > something I should be doing?

Re: CD writer wear out?

2006-07-17 Thread T
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:54:03 -0600, Art Edwards wrote: > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. 10? that's absurd. and then you need to reboot, or it just won't burn any further? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: CD Writer Issues

2006-03-29 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 11:26 -0800, Matt Townsend wrote: > Hi. Brand new debian installation. I'm a little puzzled that I can't > seem to burn a CD. On boot the /var/log/messages confirms that > there's a DVDRW on hdc and a CDRW on hdd. Yet when I go to the File > Manager-Go-CD Creator, drop a fi

Re: CD Writer Issues

2006-03-28 Thread Luis Finotti
Dear Matt, First, sorry I sent the message to your address instead of the list... Yet again, my fingers were faster than my brain. We should keep this in the list though. I'm sending to your address again, since you replied directly to me, but let me know (privately) if you rather I wouldn't

Re: CD Writer Issues

2006-03-28 Thread Luis Finotti
Hi, Matt Townsend wrote: Hi. Brand new debian installation. Sarge (stable)? What kernel? I'm a little puzzled that I can't seem to burn a CD. On boot the /var/log/messages confirms that there's a DVDRW on hdc and a CDRW on hdd. Yet when I go to the File Manager-Go-CD Creator, drop a file

Re: CD Writer does not work for audio CD

2003-12-31 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 14:38:18 -0500, DGLU TR wrote: > > Not really: > I am using 2.4.22 and burning with atapi, without scsi emulation. > > hpd:/home/tony/work# cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus > > and then > > hpd:/home/tony/work# cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 -v speed=12 bootbf*iso Cool, thanks for p

Re: CD Writer does not work for audio CD

2003-12-31 Thread DGLU TR
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 10:00:43PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > I've always had bad luck with CDBakeoven. Things have worked much better > (for me at least) with K3b and XCDRoast. > > That having been said, before you can get any atapi CD drive to work > with cdrecord, you need to enable scsi emu

Re: CD Writer does not work for audio CD

2003-12-31 Thread Jonathan Brandmeyer
Georg Hellwig wrote: > Every user is in the group cdrom, I installed cdparanoia and > cdda2wav. On comandline cdparanoia -vsQ resulted in: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cdparanoia -vsQ > cdparanoia III release 9.8 (March 23, 2001) > (

Re: CD Writer does not work for audio CD

2003-12-31 Thread Robert Storey
I've always had bad luck with CDBakeoven. Things have worked much better (for me at least) with K3b and XCDRoast. That having been said, before you can get any atapi CD drive to work with cdrecord, you need to enable scsi emulation. It's a (minor) pain, and I've heard that this won't be necessary

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Sidney Brooks wrote: > > your kernel config looks good > > egrep -i > "BLK_DEV_LOOP|BLK_DEV_RAM|BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE|BLK_DEV_IDESCSI|CONFIG_SCSI=|CONFIG_MINIX_FS" > > /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config > > >

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Sidney Brooks wrote: your kernel config looks good egrep -i "BLK_DEV_LOOP|BLK_DEV_RAM|BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE|BLK_DEV_IDESCSI|CONFIG_SCSI=|CONFIG_MINIX_FS" /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config also keep a copy of linux-2.4.22/.config somewhere sa

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi ya sidney > > please post your .config file in its entiity or > send it to me/us/somebody .. > /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config > or where ever you put the kernel > c ya > alvin > > you can have lilo do anything you like ... >

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya sidney please post your .config file in its entiity or send it to me/us/somebody .. /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config or where ever you put the kernel c ya alvin you can have lilo do anything you like ... - for simplicity ... make a boot floppy for the cd

Re. CD writer

2003-10-17 Thread Sidney Brooks
I am still at it. I believe that I have created the proper Debian package for a kernel that should enable CD writing. I still can't do it. As I explained many messages ago, my lilo is on a different partition than the one for which I want CD writing. The new kernel created a lilo which is located

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:11:46PM -0700, Sidney > Brooks wrote: > > | I went through the .config file and compared it > with > | the instructions in the CDRW-WritinguHOWTO. > | The following line was missing. > | ATA/IDE: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDES

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:11:46PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: | I went through the .config file and compared it with | the instructions in the CDRW-WritinguHOWTO. | The following line was missing. | ATA/IDE: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m (turn on SCSI | emulation)

Re: CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Naota
Sidney Brooks wrote: --- Naota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sidney Brooks wrote: I have done all the things described below and it still does not work. Okay, how about this, then: Please post the contents of /etc/lilo.conf, /etc/modules.conf, and /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. We'll be able to help more

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:27:32PM -0700, Sidney > Brooks wrote: > > > > --- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 01:48:01PM -0700, Sidney > > > Brooks wrote: > > > > Without going through the whole thread, my probl

Re: CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Naota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sidney Brooks wrote: > > I have done all the things described below and it > > still does not work. > > Okay, how about this, then: > Please post the contents of /etc/lilo.conf, > /etc/modules.conf, and > /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. > We'll be able to help

Re: CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Naota
Sidney Brooks wrote: I have done all the things described below and it still does not work. Okay, how about this, then: Please post the contents of /etc/lilo.conf, /etc/modules.conf, and /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. We'll be able to help more after that. All the best. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Re: CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:05:14AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > I have done all the things described below and it > still does not work. > Be more specific: Could you disable IDE access as I suggested? Have you got the necessary kernel modules and are they loaded? What if you cdrecord -scanbu

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 01:48:01PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > Actually the instructions that I followed to build the > kernel came from "Custom Kernel Compiling in Debian > 2.2" by Jeepsta. I am reasonably sure that I did this > correctly because when I do dpkg -l, I find > kernel-image-2 Custom

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
Actually the instructions that I followed to build the kernel came from "Custom Kernel Compiling in Debian 2.2" by Jeepsta. I am reasonably sure that I did this correctly because when I do dpkg -l, I find kernel-image-2 Custom.2, my second build. When you speak of updating the block image in the k

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:37:44AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: | In typical linux fashion the instructions don't work. | The problem is in the following instructions: | cd /etc/rc.d | chmod 755 init.d/* | cd rc3.d | ln -s ../init.d/modules.init 05modules.init | | The third line is obviously suspi

Re: CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
I have done all the things described below and it still does not work. --- Naota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:39:52AM -0700, Sidney > Brooks wrote: > > > > > >>Although Alvin Oga pointed me in the right > direction, > >>I have sti

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread klaus imgrund
On Thursday 16 October 2003 11:37, Sidney Brooks wrote: > Thanks to Luc Lefevre, I have been able to read my > kernel configuration file and find that everything is > set as I programmed it. > > However, I still cannot get of ide and substitute > scsi. > Sorry - didn't follow the whole thread.Fro

Re: CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Naota
Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:39:52AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: Although Alvin Oga pointed me in the right direction, I have still not been successful in modifying my kernel to allow CD writing. The hang-up seems to be the instruction to remove "native ATAPI support"

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
Thanks to Luc Lefevre, I have been able to read my kernel configuration file and find that everything is set as I programmed it. However, I still cannot get of ide and substitute scsi. It was suggested that I had to install the modules. So, I went to "Linux Kernel Modules Installation HOWTO" to f

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:19:11PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > > --- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing that occurs to me: you did do > > > > make modules > > make modules_install > > > > right? > > -- > > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > These are

Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
I now think that I should explain how I have set up my computer because what I thought should be irrelevant may somehow be the cause of my troubles. I welcome criticism. I have separate partitions on my hard drive for WindowsXP and two versions of Debian woody. I think of one Debian partition as m

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:38:52 -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:43:12PM -0400, Antonio RodrP`? wrote: > | > | > Here's what worked (very well, I might add) for me: > | > > | > Configuring the kernel (this is d

Re: CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:57:25 -0700 (PDT), Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > The instructions for 2.2 worked for 2.4.22. ..damn good instructions! ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing that occurs to me: you did do > > make modules > make modules_install > > right? > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] These are not in the instructions that I am following. At what point are these things to be do

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Carl Fink
One thing that occurs to me: you did do make modules make modules_install right? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya sidney On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Antonio [ISO-8859-1] Rodr wrote: > > I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my > > effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody > > with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. > > > > My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi > > e

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:43:12PM -0400, Antonio RodrP`? wrote: | | > Here's what worked (very well, I might add) for me: | > | > Configuring the kernel (this is done before compiling the kernel): | | How do you do this, through make menuconfig? Choose your poison ;-). | I suspect you mea

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
I must confess that I am still confused although the messages here are helping. When I look at my installed Debian packages, I have: kernel-image-2 Custom.2 (the last one that I made). The only things that I have in /etc/modules are: af_packet sr_mod If I knew how you printed out "make config" b

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Antonio RodrP`
> > Here's what worked (very well, I might add) for me: > > Configuring the kernel (this is done before compiling the kernel): > How do you do this, through make menuconfig? I suspect you mean manually editing some file. Could you please be more concrete as to what file needs editing? > Once

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:12:55AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: | I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my | effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody | with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. | | My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi | emulation always fai

Re: CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:39:52AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > > Although Alvin Oga pointed me in the right direction, > I have still not been successful in modifying my > kernel to allow CD writing. The hang-up seems to be > the instruction to remove "native ATAPI support". > There are a numbe

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Antonio Rodr
> I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my > effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody > with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. > > My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi > emulation always fails. I am following the > instructions of: Linux-1U.net/CDRW CDR

Re: CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:39:52 -0700 (PDT), > Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > --- "M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Quoting Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > I found a goo

Re: CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:39:52 -0700 (PDT), Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > --- "M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > I found a good instruction article on the > > internet. > > > > Care to sh

Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi emulation always fails. I am following the instructions of: Linux-1U.net/CDRW CDRW-Writing uHOW

Re: CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- "M. Kirchhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I found a good instruction article on the > internet. > > Care to share the location? I'm sure others could > benefit! thanks much > > --M. The guide for installing Debian that I used was: www.dark

Re: CD writer

2003-10-14 Thread M. Kirchhoff
Quoting Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I found a good instruction article on the internet. Care to share the location? I'm sure others could benefit! thanks much --M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CD writer

2003-10-14 Thread Alvin Oga
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Sidney Brooks wrote: > Oops! I made a mistake in my last posting, the source > was www.kernel.org. I had the other address on my mind > since I upgraded to kde 3.1.4 after I upgraded the > kernel. if you're using a generic kernel ( 2.4.22 ) for writing to a cdrw, here's mo

Re: CD writer

2003-10-14 Thread Sidney Brooks
Oops! I made a mistake in my last posting, the source was www.kernel.org. I had the other address on my mind since I upgraded to kde 3.1.4 after I upgraded the kernel. --- Sidney Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:08:17P

Re: CD writer

2003-10-14 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:08:17PM -0700, Sidney > Brooks wrote: > > > I have Debian woody with a 2.4.22 kernel and want > to > > install my cd writer. I am using two publications > as > > my guide, by pbharris and joreybump. Both instruct > me > > to in

Re: CD writer

2003-10-14 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 03:08:17PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > I have Debian woody with a 2.4.22 kernel and want to > install my cd writer. I am using two publications as > my guide, by pbharris and joreybump. Both instruct me > to insert modules for scsi emulation, in particular > ide-scsi.I do

Re: cd writer setup, k3b won't work, fstab right??

2003-10-01 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Ken (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: [Knoppix 3.2 HD install works, cdwriter does not] > I have k3b installed. When I try and run it, it says it can't find > cdrecord even though I have installed cdrecord. The text of the error > message is: "Unable to find cdrecord executable > K3b uses cdre

Re: cd writer setup, k3b won't work, fstab right??

2003-09-30 Thread Ken
Since my earlier post I have fixed one part of the problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ken# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a18 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25 Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'SAMSUNG '

Re: CD-Writer on Debian Woody

2003-08-14 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello vinz (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I've tried everything from a tonn of manuals... I still can't get my > aopen cd-writer to work. > and anyone help me please > I'm dying here. I assume you use an IDE writer. You have to do at least the following: Configure the bootloader so that it

Re: CD-Writer on Debian Woody

2003-08-14 Thread cr
On Tuesday 12 August 2003 09:37, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > vinz (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > I've tried everything from a tonn of manuals... I still can't get my > > aopen cd-writer to work. > > and anyone help me please > > I'm dying here. > > I assume you use an IDE writer. You h

Re: CD-Writer on Debian Woody

2003-08-12 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > vinz (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > > I've tried everything from a tonn of manuals... I still can't get my > > aopen cd-writer to work. is it listed ?? http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private

Re: CD-Writer on Debian Woody

2003-08-11 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:05:38PM +0200, vinz wrote: | I've tried everything from a tonn of manuals... I still can't get my aopen | cd-writer to work. | and anyone help me please What sort of writer is it? SCSI? ATAPI? (IDE?) What have you tried that didn't work? I got a writer recently,

Re: CD-writer is not recognized as a scsi device

2003-02-01 Thread Peppe
> > I have tried a lot of combinations loading and removing the modules in different >orders with > > modprobe and with "hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" and "hdb=scsi hdc=scsi". No success. >In the end I > > have compiled a new kernel with scsi emulation and ... support (I forgot the exact >name) c

Re: CD-writer is not recognized as a scsi device

2003-02-01 Thread Ruediger Noack
Vera Friederichs wrote: Ruediger Noack wrote: sg 24068 0 (autoclean) sr_mod 11832 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi7680 0 cdrom 28960 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod] scsi_mod 80600 3 (autoclean) [sg sr_mod ide-scsi]

Re: CD-writer is not recognized as a scsi device

2003-01-29 Thread Vera Friederichs
Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Friday 24 January 2003 16:01, Vera Friederichs wrote: > > Hi, > > in my computer is a ATAPI IDE CD-writer (and another CDROM). But cdrecord > > -scanbus finds only my scsi hard disk. > > In lilo.conf there is a line > > append= "hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" > >Try "hdb=scsi h

Re: CD-writer is not recognized as a scsi device

2003-01-25 Thread Ruediger Noack
Hi Vera Vera Friederichs wrote: lsmod: ... ide-scsi7680 0 ... I think you need some more. sg 24068 0 (autoclean) sr_mod 11832 0 (autoclean) ide-scsi7680 0 cdrom 28960 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod] scsi_

Re: CD-writer is not recognized as a scsi device

2003-01-24 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Friday 24 January 2003 16:01, Vera Friederichs wrote: > Hi, > in my computer is a ATAPI IDE CD-writer (and another CDROM). But cdrecord > -scanbus finds only my scsi hard disk. > In lilo.conf there is a line > append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" Try "hdb=scsi hdc=scsi" instead. That's what works

Re: cd writer

2002-04-12 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"PSCrazyoldlady" == PSCrazyoldlady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: PSCrazyoldlady> i got a cd writer is it like a cd burner how to PSCrazyoldlady> get it to burn c d It's a cd burner. And it ain't so easy to use with Linux, particulary if it's not SCSI. Not hard, just takes a bit of res

Re: cd writer setup questions (SONY CRX175A2)

2002-03-20 Thread Erik Steffl
Tim Dijkstra wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:53:19 -0800 > "Erik Steffl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I tried to use the SCSI emulation but cannot find the docs how to do > > it, I enabled the drivers, the kernel help mentions that there has to be > > a kernel option hdc=scsi, but when I

Re: cd writer setup questions (SONY CRX175A2)

2002-03-13 Thread Tim Dijkstra
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:53:19 -0800 "Erik Steffl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried to use the SCSI emulation but cannot find the docs how to do > it, I enabled the drivers, the kernel help mentions that there has to be > a kernel option hdc=scsi, but when I included this option in lilo (in >

Re: cd-writer question

2002-01-22 Thread Wayne Topa
Marc Wilson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 02:20:29PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > append = "apm=on apm=power-off idebus=66 hdb=ide-scsi \ > >hdc=ide-scsi max_scsi_luns=1" > > Why're you telling the kernel that the PCI bus is running at

Re: cd-writer question

2002-01-22 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 02:20:29PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > append = "apm=on apm=power-off idebus=66 hdb=ide-scsi \ >hdc=ide-scsi max_scsi_luns=1" Why're you telling the kernel that the PCI bus is running at 66 mhz? -- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp

Re: cd-writer question

2002-01-21 Thread Wayne Topa
David Csercsics([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > I need some help here. I've just about got my hardware setup but I'm not > sure how to configure a couple things. I put in the SCSI emulaton i my > kernel because you supposedly need it to make an IDE CD-Writer to work. My > CD-Writer i

Re: CD Writer

2001-11-20 Thread David Roundy
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 02:43:54PM +0900, Howland, Curtis wrote: > I would be interested to discuss things with someone who is using a CD > writer under Debian. > > I don't need anything flashy, a USB connected device would be best from > a convenience standpoint, but are there any non-obvious pro

RE: CD Writer

2001-11-20 Thread Kelley, Tim \(CBS-New Orleans\)
I'm using a yamaha scsi 16/10/40 and it works fine at 16x. The usb ones may be a bit trickier to get to work, I would check the kernel drivers section and make sure it's supported first. Generally, any scsi will work great. > -Original Message- > From: Howland, Curtis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: CD Writer

2001-11-20 Thread Vittorio
I'm now using an internal IDE WAITEC RAPTOR 12/10/32 under woody and it is all ok with cdrecord, cdparanoia xcdroast, etc. I don't need to use any specific driver beside ide-scsi and it all worked fine at first shot. Vittorio Howland, Curtis [debian-user] <20/11/01 14:43 +0900>: > I would be

Re: CD Writer

2001-11-19 Thread Sean
I currently use a Plextor 12/10/32 SCSI CDRW, and am very pleased with it. My burner before that was a Yamaha 4260t (4x2x6), and it is still running without any problems as well. I'm partial to SCSI burners sure, portability is nice, but I'd rather go with a SCSI burner any day. Sean On Tue,

Re: CD Writer read as FLOPPY!

2001-10-26 Thread Cam Ellison
* Reza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi.. > I'm currently having a problem with my Debian. I have > RICOH 6x cd writer on Debian 2.2. During the startup, > it's questioning whether my hdb is ATAPI or FLOPPY, > and it's assuming it's FLOPPY. Since now, I've no idea > how to get my burner working in L

Re: CD Writer

2001-07-28 Thread Hamma Scott
--- Gurusami Annamalai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > I am currently using Debian GNU Linux version 2.2. > I am planning to buy a > CD Writer that is already supported. Try http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/cdr.html for a list of supported CD-Writers. __

Re: CD Writer

2001-07-28 Thread Yves Dessertine
Hi Anna ! Linux doesn't use drivers like Windows. The Writer is or isn't supported by your burinig sofware. The most common writing programm is cdrecord (http://www.cdrecord.org). There is also a frontend called X-CD-ROAST. If you buy an IDE writer, you must run it in SCSI emulation mode. If it

Re: CD Writer Package

2000-05-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 04:25:28PM -0500, Marcin Kurc wrote: > to burn cds? > cdrecord ...and for a nice GUI, try xcdroast. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PRO

Re: CD Writer Package

2000-05-09 Thread Marcin Kurc
to burn cds? cdrecord On Tue, May 09, 2000 at 10:11:44PM +, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > I have a fairly new IDE CDRW drive and was wondering if someone could > recommend a package which is known to be reliable. > > > Thanks very much, > > Daniel. > -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of

Re: CD-Writer recomendation!

1999-11-30 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > A friend of mine is interested in buying a CD-Writer. He asked me to > recomend a model to him, but I have no idea. Can anyone help me to go > through this situation? I am very happy with my Ricoh MP7040A. Johann -- Johann Spies,Windsorlaan 19

Re: CD-Writer recomendation!

1999-11-29 Thread ferret
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Cyrus Patel wrote: > Hey Manuel, > > I've got a Panasonic (Matshita) 8x read/4x write scsi burner and so far it > has worked perfectly for me. cdrecord identified it immeadiately and it hooked > up to my existing scsi card without any problems. I've had just one problem wit

Re: CD-Writer recomendation!

1999-11-29 Thread aphro
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: arenaz >Hello again, arenaz > arenaz >A friend of mine is interested in buying a CD-Writer. He asked me to arenaz >recomend a model to him, but I have no idea. Can anyone help me to go arenaz >through this situation? I have had a lot of success with

Re: CD-Writer recomendation!

1999-11-29 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > Hello again, > > A friend of mine is interested in buying a CD-Writer. He asked me to > recomend a model to him, but I have no idea. Can anyone help me to go > through this situation? There's a nice document on IDE CD-Rs and Zips at http://www.tcu-inc.com/mark/article

Re: CD-Writer recomendation!

1999-11-29 Thread Cyrus Patel
Hey Manuel, I've got a Panasonic (Matshita) 8x read/4x write scsi burner and so far it has worked perfectly for me. cdrecord identified it immeadiately and it hooked up to my existing scsi card without any problems. Manuel Arenaz Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello again, > > A friend of mine

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-24 Thread vaidhy
Hope you did a MAKEDEV sr too.. you should be able to mount /dev/sr0 as your cd rom :) Regards, Vaidhy ** Alike for those who for Today prepare And those that after a Tomorrow stare; A Muezzin from Tower of Darkness cries, "Fools, your reward is nether

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-24 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 10:50:44PM -0500, Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 07:19:33PM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 09:50:49PM -0500, Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > > > Do a ./MAKEDEV sgall in /dev directory... > > > > > > Regards, > >

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-24 Thread Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam
On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 07:19:33PM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 09:50:49PM -0500, Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > > Do a ./MAKEDEV sgall in /dev directory... > > > > Regards, > > Vaidhy > > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 06:36:09AM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > > > I t

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-24 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 09:50:49PM -0500, Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > Do a ./MAKEDEV sgall in /dev directory... > > Regards, > Vaidhy > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 06:36:09AM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > > I typed MAKEDEV sgall, but command not found. Do I need a > > package? I'm in su

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-24 Thread Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam
Do a ./MAKEDEV sgall in /dev directory... Regards, Vaidhy On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 06:36:09AM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > I typed MAKEDEV sgall, but command not found. Do I need a > package? I'm in su mode too. > > Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:00:07

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-23 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
I typed MAKEDEV sgall, but command not found. Do I need a package? I'm in su mode too. Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:00:07PM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > > When I have my cd-writer installed as secondary ide device, > > after my cd-rom drive, and have the

Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

1999-02-23 Thread Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam
On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:00:07PM +, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > When I have my cd-writer installed as secondary ide device, > after my cd-rom drive, and have the kernel configure with > ide cdrom unselected, and scsi emulation, and generic scsi > selected, the system hangs on boot. Where I hav

Re: CD Writer Recommendation

1998-10-14 Thread Robert Claeson
Dr. Andreas Wehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yamaha 4-2-6, is the same as Traxdata CDRW4260. >Not the cheapest devices: about 600 US $. > > They come with 2MB buffer, definively no timing probs >with 100MHz Pentium at 4x-write. I second this recommendation. The only problem with this dri

Re: CD Writer Recommendation

1998-10-14 Thread Dr. Andreas Wehler
David Warnock wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to add a CD Writer to my system. Can anyone give me a > recommendation for a very reliable and fast writer (I only need > writeable not re-writeable). I am only interested in a SCSI interface > and would prefer an internal unit. Yamaha 4-2-6, is the same

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