Using cdrecord on 2.6.9

[Kurt Wall]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 07:53:53PM -0700, tony took 29 lines to write:
> 
> On Oct 22, 2004, at 7:34 PM, Kurt Wall wrote:
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> >
> >Okay, how the heck do I use cdrecord on kernel 2.6.9? I know that
> >"hdd=ide-scsi" has gone away in the 2.6 kernel, replaced by "hdd=scsi".
> >The kernel at least saw this boot param, as this snippet from dmesg 
> >shows:
> >
> ><snip>
> 
> See this article
> http://lwn.net/Articles/97552/
> 
> It starts with . . . . .
> 
> 2.6.8 and CD recording
> By far the loudest chorus of complaints about the 2.6.8.1 kernel comes 
> from users who have found that they can no longer burn CDs. In most 
> cases, the problem can be worked around by running the recording 
> program from a root shell (setuid is not sufficient), but that is an 
> unsatisfying alternative for many. Why, ask inquiring minds, did CD 
> recording have to break with the new kernel?

Great. That tells me why kernel policy changed, which was a discussion 
I missed. My immediate problem is not that merely mortal users can no
longer burn CDs, but rather that *no one* can burn CDs because cdrtools
cannot find the CD-ROM device. 

However, I think I may have it fixed. Stay tuned.

Kurt
-- 
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