Where is my CD-R?

[Murali P]

 --- Pedro Fernandes Macedo
<webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br> wrote: > Don Levey
wrote:
> 
> >Yep, I'm on FC1, with a compiled 2.6.3 kernel.  The
> ide-scsi is in fact
> >loaded.  I'm not quite sure what I changed, but I
> can occasionally see
> >the device in random programs.  It seems to be
> identified as /dev/sd0 or
> >/dev/scd0.
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> Ide-scsi shouldnt be used , as it is deprecated on
> 2.6 kernels... You 
> should use the device to record the cd (/dev/hdc for
> example). I believe 
> that only cdrecord has support to atapi devices
> currently...
> This may solve your problem.
> 
> --
> Pedro Macedo
Yes I concur as I had the same problem.The program
"cdrecord" did not work even when I specified the
device as /dev/hdc and symlinked the same to
/dev/cdrom or /dev/cdwriter.I solved it by using the
front end application "k3b" which is wonderful.
Murali 

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