IDE CD-Writer Confusion and Angst

[Slobnak]

Hello,

Can anyone point me in the right direction for getting a IDE cd-writer running.

I've tried Gtoaster, but it seems to insist on looking for SCSI drives.

The writer is a Phillips CDD 3610 running on a 266mhz Redhat7 system with 96mb ram.

Redhat seems to have detected the writer but I can't get anything to make it sing and dance.

Cheers for any help http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

Darren

[Letalis]

You have to make the cd seem to be a scsi device with scsi emulation... There is tons of info on it if you search.

[Slobnak]

Thanks,

I've found some SCSI/IDE stuff, now to see if it'll all work. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif

[JAdrock]

In your kernel config, build in or as a module

idescsi

and in the scsi section make sure you have support for general scsi devices

I also found you have to add...

append="hdx=ide-scsi"

to your lilo.conf also

I hope this helps you out, happy burning!

[Slobnak]

Ahhhh enlightenment..... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

I seem to be making some progress with this.