Re: Re. [SLUG] Re: mounting DVD & CDRW drives.

[marty@xxxxxxxxxx (Martin)]

please just reply to the list, i don't need to be cc'd.

$quoted_author = "Adam Bogacki" ;
> 
> When I enter /dev/hdd into Gnome CD Player config (accessed from the top 
> panel) I get the message
> 
> "You do not seem to have permission to access /dev/hdd.
> This means that CD Player will not be able to run."
[snip] 
> Tux:~# ls -l /dev/hdd
> brw-rw----    1 root     disk      22,  64 Mar 15  2002 /dev/hdd

change the permissions on /dev/hdd to 666 or add yourself to the disk
group.


> Good idea. It detected both DVD and CDRW drives and, on command,
> started to burn but stopped, suggesting that I change from the -DAO to
> the -TAO option. I have seen command line options how to do this in
> 'man cdrecord', but not in xcdroast.

there is an option in the "Write Tracks" screen, after you have accepted
track layout, on the right hand side about halfway down called "Write
mode" which has a drop down menu.


> Further, in tinkering with the config I notice that  under 'HD
> Settings' it lists my largest empty partition, /home, as "Writeable ?
> No" - and also other empty ones on my system.

not sure what is wrong there. did you select a directory for storing
ripped tracks in the config of xcdroast?


> It is also giving me the error message:
> 
> "You have selected an ATAPI device as your CD writer. This is not a
> recommended setup - you will experience long delays within X-CD-Roast
> and bad writing performance.  See the FAQ on how to install
> scsi-emulation for best results"
> 
> OOps .. sounds like more work.

if you are using a 2.4 kernel you can use the ide-scsi module to
interface with the writer. pass the parameters to the kernel at boot
like so:

ide-scsi=/dev/hdd

if you are using a 2.6 kernel the module is now named ide-cd. xcdroast
seems to complain if you are using this interface but it makes no
difference as far as i've found.

cheers
marty

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