Whats a good cd burning program other than Xcdroast?

[mike8706]

I guess Xcdroast dosn't like my cd burner. Because it dosn't show up in the devices config. So, what is a good cd burning program other than Xcdroast.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by mike8706
I guess Xcdroast dosn't like my cd burner. Because it dosn't show up in the devices config. So, what is a good cd burning program other than Xcdroast.

I doubt switching to another app will fix your problem. If your cdr/w is not detected in the devices config, then I would think the device is not configured correctly.

What does

cdrecord -scanbus

show?

BTW... This question has been asked on a number of occasions in the Software forum. Do a forum search based on titles only to locate those previous threads. No use repeating what has already been posted.

[sploo22]

mkisofs / cdrecord

If you use Xcdroast, they should be pre-installed. They're CLI programs though, so be sure to read the man pages.

Quick start:

To burn an audio cd,
cdrecord dev=whatever track1.wav track2.wav track3.wav

To burn a data cd,
mkisofs -J -r /files/to/burn | cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -data -

But, just as with Xcdroast, make sure you have SCSI emulation enabled on your burner.

EDIT: oops, sorry mdwatts :o

[mike8706]

What does

cdrecord -scanbus

show?


root@linux2 michael]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.11a32 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.6'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' '10.V' Removable Disk
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
[root@linux2 michael]#

[sploo22]

You don't have SCSI emulation set up. Read the CD-Writing-HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html).

You will probably need to recompile your kernel; if you've never done this before, you might want to check out the tutorial in the JL Library.

[mike8706]

You don't have SCSI emulation set up.

It isn't a SCSI burner.

[sploo22]

Exactly. The Linux CD burning software can only use SCSI burners, so you need to set up your kernel to emulate a SCSI drive. It's really not hard; you recompile your kernel with a few options enabled, add a few lines to your /etc/modules.conf, and reboot.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by mike8706
It isn't a SCSI burner.

SCSI emulation is for IDE burners.

Have a read of the JL Help Files on cdr/w's and search the JL forums for 'scsi emulation' to find lots of previous threads on the same topic.

[mike8706]

Oh ok. thanks

[silentblade234]

Eroaster is really nice.

[mike8706]

In the mandrake config, it sees that it's a cd burner.

[mdwatts]

Please let's not start another 'best cdburner app' thread as we have enough of those already.

Obviously the problem is due to scsi emulation not being enabled and changing burner apps will certainly not fix it.

[mike8706]

I tried the tutorial in the JL library, but it didn't fix it.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by mike8706
I tried the tutorial in the JL library, but it didn't fix it.

That didn't really tell us much on what you tried and what failed.

Search the JL forums for 'ide-scsi' as just about everything related to the subject has been covered many times.

Your distro should have docs on setting up a cdwriter.

[mike8706]

The help file titled "Help File Library: Adding an IDE CD-Writer to Linux" is what I used. I dont know what failed because there were no error messages.