Other Help Topics :: Burning CDs with an external CD burner



I have an HP CD-Writer+ 8290 external CD burner connected to the computer through USB.

How do I burn CDs in Damn Small Linux?  

Am I supposed to mount the external CD burner (cdrom1)?  DSL won't mount the external CD burner UNLESS I have a CD with files in it.  If the CD does not contain files, I get the error message "Error: mount: you must specify the filesystem type".

If I am supposed to mount cdrom1, how do I get around the error message?  If I'm not supposed to mount cdrom1, what am I supposed to do instead to get the computer to recognize the external CD burner?

Exactly what configurations do I need in the CD burn application CDW?  There are so many different things that I don't know where to begin.  I know that I have to specify the scsi device number (1,0,0 based on the cdrecord -scanbus output).

Using the cdrecord -scanbus command yields the following output:
scsibus1:
       1,0,0   100) 'HP      ' 'CD-Writer+ 8290 ' '1.3C' Removable CD-ROM
       1,1,0   101) *
       1,2,0   102) *
       1,3,0   103) *
       1,4,0   104) *
       1,5,0   105) *
       1,6,0   106) *
       1,7,0   107) *
It is recognized. You only need to mount if you want to read a data cd, not for listening to music cd's, or burning.

To burn a cd:
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cdrecord dev=1,0,0 -speed=8 myfile.iso

And to burn files, create a iso file first with mkisofs and then burn the iso like above.

For using CDW, I have no idea :p I only use command line tools. But if it wants a device, give it 1,0,0
Am I supposed to convert the files I'm trying to save into an ISO and then burn the ISO to CD?  Is trying to burn files directly where I'm going wrong?
If you're trying to burn them in CDW, it's ok, as cdw will create and burn the iso for you.
Burning files individually with cdrecord would not work.

So, you can either select the files using cdw, select burn, and they'll go to the cd, or create and burn an iso image manually.
Now I have another problem.  The computer no longer recognizes the external CD burner when I type "cdrecord -scanbus".  I have NO IDEA why the reference to the external CD burner disappeared when the references to the internal CD reader and external FLASH card reader remain.  How do I get the computer to recognize the external CD burner again?
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