Can't get dvdrw to work

[pedrok]

Hi,

Apologies if this has been discussed before, but here goes:

I can't get my ide dvdrw to work: cdrecord -scanbus returns

[[n00b@localhost]]

Try changing the line in your fstab to:

[pedrok]

Well, I'd tried that too, I get this,
[code]
theorymonster ~ # mount /mnt/cdrom/
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
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[sigh...]
The suggestion is appreciated nevertheless!
Pedro

[NeddySeagoon]

pedrok,

The easy one first. Music CDs don't have a filesystem to mount. You point your player at the device.
Data CDs may contain mp3 files but they do not count as music CDs.

There are several ways you can use your DVD/CD writer. One way needs an application like cdrecord, optionally with a GUI front end. The other way only works with CD-RW and DVD+RW media, where your format them and use them like any other drive. The UDF filesystem is preferred. This is the packet writing mode.
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Regards,

NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

[pedrok]

NeddySeagoon,

[quote]The easy one first.
[/quote]
This is not self-evident! But thanks!

[quote]
Music CDs don't have a filesystem to mount. You point your player at the device.
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Hmm, hadn't appreciated this... Just tried mounting a data cd and it worked! Thanks! I was actually using an audio cd for testing... Pointing vlc to /dev/hdc plays audio cds fine too! Thanks!

About burning, I've got cdrecord, I don't understand why I get that answer from cdrecord -scanbus ...

Thanks again!
Pedro

[NeddySeagoon]

pedrok,

cdrecord is written as a generic SCSI tool. It reports everything as ACSI, even when its not.

Try

[pedrok]

NeddySeagoon,

Ah!... Got something, which is beginning to make sense! I tried to read the fine manpage before but was overwhelmed... I just want to burn some iso files which I've already created... Will persevere though!
Incidentally, any suggestion for a properly non-scsi cd/dvd burner?

Thanks very much!
Pedro

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theorymonster ~ # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
scsidev: 'ATAPI'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.
Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-RW DVR-107D' '1.15' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
theorymonster ~ # cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATA
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
scsidev: 'ATA'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-RW DVR-107D' '1.15' 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) *

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[NeddySeagoon]

pedrok,

I like xcdroast. Its geared towards GNOME. If you are a KDE user, I have heard good thihgs about k3b.
Or you can just use cdrecord from the command line. Since you already have the ISO files, thats not as hard as it sounds.
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Regards,

NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

[pedrok]

NeddySeagoon,

Thanks for your help! Will try that!
Pedro

PS Sorry I took a while to reply --- had to be away from the computer!