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bsh152s
08-19-2001, 08:25 PM
Ok, I'm trying to set up my HP 7200i CD-writer. I have been playing with gtoaster, and I think I have successfully written a file to a CD-RW. I can't tell because all gtoaster gives me is 'Datatrack #1 of CD...'. I'm about to boot Windows and see if it got written correctly. I'm not too sure how to read the CD-RW from a file manager. I've tried to do some research but they always seem to stay away from the idea of reading CD-R/RWs. Here's what I have in fstab:

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0

And, here is what I get when I execute 'cdrecord -scanbus':

Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' 'L.01' Removable Disk
0,7,0 7) *
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 7200 ' '3.01' 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) *

When I run scanbus under gtoaster, it finds the CD-writer under /dev/scd0, id=1,0,0 and the mountpoint as egexp (???). Can anyone tell me how to read CD-R/RWs from this information? Is gtoaster able to read what files are on the CD-RW rather than just saying 'Datatrack #2 ...'? Where is the mountpoint egexp? I can't seem to find this anywhere.

bdg1983
08-19-2001, 08:34 PM
When I write to CDRW's using XCDRoast (which works great), I just mount the CDRW as I would normally mount a CDR and then I can read or copy from it.

I can also read and copy the contents from Windows though I haven't tried to add files more files to it.

bsh152s
08-19-2001, 10:32 PM
Before, I said that I added a file to an existing CD-RW. When I tried to read the disc under Windows, nothing would happen--it would just spin and spin. So, I cleared the disc under Mandrake and then added some directories and files to the CD-RW. This worked great and I could actually read them under konqueror. But, why could gtoaster read the CD-RW that was created under Windows? And, why did it mess the CD up when I tried to add files under linux? Are they different formats?