Using cdrecord on 2.6.9

[Kurt Wall]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 11:08:45PM -0500, David Bandel took 64 lines to write:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:34:43 -0400, Kurt Wall <kwall at kurtwerks.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 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:
> > 
> > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=269 ro video=rivafb:1600x1200 hdd=scsi
> > ide_setup: hdd=scsi
> > 
> > It's also properly detected my IDE CD-RW:
> > 
> > hdd: OPTORITE CD-RW CW4802, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> > [...]
> > ide-cd: passing drive hdd to ide-scsi emulation.
> 
> I have an Optorite as well and it has been giving me fits.  Won' t
> work any more with SCSI emulation.  Unfortunately, I get a warning
> using IDE and a hang, but the gist of what you should now be doing is:

Would this be a DMA problem, as Collins suggested?

> rip out all the SCSI emulation (especially from the boot sequence),
> but also all the modules.

Hmm. I was able to get it *detected* using "hdd=ide-scsi". But, I'll give
this a shot after rebuilding the kernel without SCSI emulation.

> once the above is done, try:
> cdrecord ATA: -scanbus
> 
> In your cdrecord (in /etc), put:
> CDR_DEVICE=cdrw
> cdrw=ATA:1,0,0  12      16m     ""
> 
> the cdrw line is ATA: followed by the value returned by cdrecord ATA:
> -scanbus for your cdrw device, followed by the recording speed,
> followed by the buffer size, followed by "" or perhaps burnfree.

Looks like it's time for me to re-read the cdrecord manual page. It's been
awhile since I updated cdrecord, too, so perhaps it's time to upgrade.

> Mine returns warnings about a broken IDE then hangs when I try to use
> it, so I'm not yet sure what I'm missing, but the above should help
> get you started.

Good stuff, David. Thanks.

Kurt
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