Sony CD-RW CRX220A1

[Tumult]

Okay, I just bought this new sony cd writer and slapped it in the case. I'm still extremely new to linux and have no idea how to get it to work now with Redhat 8.0. Could someone help me out?

[bandwidth_pig]

Sure. But one thing worth mentioning is there is a great NHF on this site that will show you exactly how to accomplish this. Check it out in the library.

[Fryguy8]

there is a cd-writing howto on www.tldp.org

[Tumult]

I've read and re-read both howto's that you guys suggested and I thought I was getting somewhere after using them. I've done everything they say to do, restarted my computer and tried using the cdrecord -scanbus command and I get this error:

cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.

I'm logged in as the root user, so it's not that. I'm really stuck. Any suggestions?

[mope]

I don't know what steps you've taken. Have you configured scsi emulation in your kernel and in your fstab? You might want to check out k3b (really nice) and xcdroast (good) since you might find them easy to configure. i have a 220, as well. Here's a link that might make you smile: http://kickme.to/sony210 . Seems that our sony's are rebadged lite-ons complete w/ Mt. Rainier support with the "correct" firmware ;). The LT firmware will "fix" your turbo button and change the burn light from green to red. Have fun :)

[mdwatts]

Did you add hdX=ide-scsi to your bootloader config?


1. Add the following line to the end of your /etc/lilo.conf file:

append="hdc=ide-scsi"

Where "hdc" might be "hdb" or "hdd" depending on where your drive is installed. This instructs the kernel to access the cd-writer via the scsi emulation driver.

1. Reconfigure LILO by running the following command at the Unix shell prompt:

lilo


For Grub, add

hdX=ide-scsi

to the kernel line of your Grub config (/boot/grub/meny.lst or grub.conf).

[Tumult]

Thanks for the help so far, guys. I'm sorry it didn't read the NHF beforehand but, as I said, I'm extremely new to every linux and I had no idea that was even on this site. I'm starting to learn more and more and, although at times it's frustrating, I'm having fun. Thanks again guys.

[mope]

Originally posted by mdwatts
Did you add hdX=ide-scsi to your bootloader config?



For Grub, add

hdX=ide-scsi

to the kernel line of your Grub config (/boot/grub/meny.lst or grub.conf).

:oops: your bootloader config, not your fstab, my bad.