cdrecord pblm

[Don Levey]

Matthew wrote:
>> when i first started to use cdrecord, with the internal
>> cdr-rw drive in my ibm 600e laptop, under rh9.0, it didn't
>> work, so i was advised to insert the command hdd=ide-scsi
>> on the kernal boot line of grub.  i did this and all was fine.
>> cdrecord worked.
>>
>>
>>
> If you choose to use scsi-emulation, read the howto from tldp.org:
>
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/CD-Wri
ting-HOWTO.html
>
> While a bit outdated it should get you running.  It looks from your
> email that you might not have loaded the correct modules.  That's all
> in the HOWTO.  The ATAPI support under Fedora Core 2
> (2.6.6-1.435.2.3) is pretty decent.  Might be a good reason to
> upgrade.
>
> ~Matt

Note, however, that in the 2.6.8-1 kernel there are some problems with
recording audio CDs:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3263

I checked myself on my home machine, and this seems to have manifested there
as just not finding the writer device (IDE/ATAPI).  Functions just fine with
no modifications using 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7.
 -Don