i think the problem lies in the symbolic links /dev/cdrom, it is still pointing towards /dev/hdxx (which would be correct if yours cdrom were still IDE) now it sould point to something scd0 (or the equiv. on your machine) so simply remove the old link, rm /dev/cdrom create a new one, ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom now you should be ready to burn... -munir > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2001 21:06:58 -0500 > From: "Bryan A. ZImmer" <baz at mail.baz-tech.com> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Question regarding cdrecord and > CD/RW drives. > Reply-To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > Hi folks, > > After the glow of the Installfest today, I took home > some new > information. Previously I was unable to get my CD/RW > drive working, > with the "cdrecord" program. I have a RedHat 7.0 > system. > > The advice I was given was to recompile the kernel > _without_ > IDE-CD-ROM support, but with SCSI emulation, and > then I should be able > to use the "cdrecord" program, as Bob T. was using > at the Installfest > today. > > I recompiled my kernel without IDE CDROM support and > with SCSI emulation > support. Since nothing was mentioned about whether > to leave _in_ > "regular" SCSI CDROM support, I left that part as a > module. > > The bottom line is, I was able to use the cdrecord > program (although I > still find it somewhat cryptic), but was unable to > mount my CDROM drives > as usual. > > I tried both the standard "mount" command which > relies on /etc/fstab > (e.q. "mount /dev/cdrom", and also explicitly doing > a mount command, > e.g. "mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom > /mnt/cdrom". Each time, I got > the same message back, to the effect that I had > either a "bad > superblock" on the device (I tried several CD's, > that wasn't it....) or > too many mounted drives (...that definetly wasn't it > either, only two > partitions and "/proc" were mounted). > > I tried inserting, by turns, the ide and scsi cdrom > modules, with > modprobe, to see if I could mount either my > "normal" CD-ROM (DVD) > drive, or my CD/RW drive. Those modules are, > specifically "ide-cd.o" and > "sr_mod.o", which both seem to rely on the > "cdrom.o" module. > > In all cases, I got the same result, even after > several kernel compile > re-tries. "cdrecord" now recognizes the CD/RW and > the DVD drive; they > are noticed in the boot-time message sequence > (dmesg), and I can use > the program. But I can not mount the CD-ROM drives > at all! > > The situation I am in now is, I have to load my > "new" kernel in order to > record a disk, and my old kernel; in order to mount > a disk. > > What am I doing wrong? Does anyone have a > suggestion? > > This is the first time I have posted to this > discussion group. I am not > new to Linux, but I am unacquainted with the ins > and outs of "cdrecord" > and CD/RW drives in general. Especially the > quasi-SCSI interface > cdrecord demands. > > My system is a Compaq Presario with lots of RAM > running the new kernel > 2.4.2 (from ftp.kernel.org) and an Athlon chip with > a high processor > speed...about 1.1GHz, in theory. I am running RedHat > 7.0. > > Any answers would be appreciated. > > I also wonder what the standard procedure is for > using "cdrecord" Is it > necessary to create a CD-ROM disk image first using > "mkisofs" program, > or am I missing something? > > Thanks for your help...and for your patience in > reading through this. > > Sincerely, > > Bryan Zimmer > baz at baz-tech.com > ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/