install external cdrw

Forum: Hardware Talk
Topic: install external cdrw
started by: tripes_inn

Posted by tripes_inn on Feb. 16 2006,11:47

I'll try in this forum...

Hello everybody,

I can't use cd burn app , is it a problem of emulation ? I use DSL 2.1RC3b.
Is emulation already made in the last kernel of DSL ?

I use an external cdrw (cdrw400 philips). with ide pcmcia ,

the pc card control say this :

status :
function 0 : busy, bat deat

info :
PRODID_1="FREECOM" ;
PRODID_2="PCCARD-IDE"
PRODID_3="REV836"

if i can burn with my cdrw in linux i can leave windows...please

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jerome

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 17 2006,03:10

Is this a USB drive?

Supposedly the USB external 400 series is supported in Linux.

Download the gcombust.dsl extension from the mydsl repository and give it a try.

Posted by tripes_inn on Feb. 17 2006,11:07

no it' pcmcia, I have already try gcombust, it don't find my cdrw

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 18 2006,23:41

Hmm... Maybe the pcmcia boot cheatcode will work.

Try booting with:

dsl ide2=0x180

or

dsl ide2=0x180 nopcmcia

and see if it is found.

Posted by tripes_inn on Feb. 19 2006,14:24

at start cardmrg : ide-hda (emulation ok I think)
after no found

I found on the net that it need to be update-module , write that ide-scsi is hda on my pc :

/etc/conf.modules

alias scd0 sr_mod
alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
options ide-cd ignore=hda

but even in root can't edit this file, "read-only"...
how ? how ?

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 19 2006,20:26

Open up "Emelfm As Super User" from the menu.

Delete the symlink at /etc/conf.modules

Copy the /KNOPPIX/etc/conf.modules over to /etc/conf.modules

Right click on the file and choose View and then edit it.

Posted by tripes_inn on Feb. 23 2006,12:47

well, gcombust setting ok :

Device: dev=ATAPI:1,0,0
Driver: mmc_cdr

I can read cdrw but can't burn because, i think,
just can't find where to edit :

"hda=ide-scsi" at bootup.
I boot with Usb boot floppy disk.

(ide is hda after emulation)

g combust burn message error :

cannot open 'dev=ATAPI". Cannot open scsi driver
SCSI hardware, eg. ide-scsi if you run IDE/ATAPI drives over.

so close to succes...

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 23 2006,18:23

So if you open a terminal window and type:

cdrecord -scanbus

is your drive listed?

Your drive should be listed as a SCSI emulated device, unless you specifically disable this emulation at the boot prompt.

Posted by tripes_inn on Feb. 25 2006,23:12

not listed only with cdrecord -scanbus
but with cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI.

emulation is fine. at begining modprobe ide-cs and writes ide start hda.

still look for where to put hda=ide-scsi, for booting with...

do you know where is loadlin ? I don'tboot with lilo

Posted by tripes_inn on Feb. 25 2006,23:18

in terminal window :
"cdrecord.mmap dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 driveropts=help -checdrive" gives me :
removable cd-rom, philips,pca460rw, device seems to be : generic mmc cd-rw.
combust recignise this but scsi driver don't start...
i'm pretty happy to discover cdrecord anyway :-)

Posted by cbagger01 on Feb. 26 2006,21:13

You can do some good stuff with just "cdrecord" and "mkisofs", but I am at a loss to explain when IDE-SCSI emulation is not enabled by default.

Usually when booting from livecd, it will be enabled.

For loadlin, you put it in the same spot as your other kernel append parameters, either as a parameter in the loadlin command itself, or inside a loadlin config file.