Re: gnometoaster cannot burn cd on linux RH 9.0 guest machine usingvmware workstation 4.0

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

cheng saimun wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: tyche 
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:42:23 +0000 
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com 
> Subject: Re: gnometoaster cannot burn cd on linux RH 9.0 guest machine usingvmware workstation 4.0 
>
>
> > On Saturday 27 December 2003 03:52 pm, cheng saimun wrote: 
> >
> > > Hello, I cannot seem to get my Matshita UJDA360 CD RW drive to record the 
> > > files in my RH 9.0 guest machine on vmware 4.0 in any ways. I am running on 
> > > WinXP Host. 
> > >
> > > Thi is an exremely urgent issue so allow me to provide more details: 
> > >
> > > For my VM Control Panel, in CD-ROM under Hardware, I have Connect 
> > > exclusively to VM and legacy emulationunchecked, and I use IDE 0:0 CD-ROM1 
> > > in the settings. 
> > >
> > > After I mount my cd-rw drive, I can access the files in my CD. However when 
> > > I tried to use gnometoaster1.0beta6 to attempt to record some files, and 
> > > after i clicked the RECORD function, there is no response at all. It seems 
> > > that gnometoaster does not recognize it. 
> > >
> > > Next, I tried to record the CD using command prompt. 
> > > When I typed 'cdrecord -scanbus' it returns: 
> > > 0,0,0 0) 'VMWARE,' 'VMWARE Virtual S' '1.0' NON CCS Disk 
> > > 0,1,0 1) * 
> > > 0,2,0 2) * 
> > > 0,3,0 3) * 
> >
> > do you have ide-scsi module loaded? i know that sometime in the future, this 
> > module will not be needed for writing cd's. 
> >
> > tyche 
> >
> >
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> hi how do i check that??

You need to modify the kernel parameters in the boot program to enable
it.  The parameter you need to pass to the kernel is one of the
following, depending on how your CDRW is connected:

	CDRW connection		Parameter
	-----------------------	-------------------
	Master on first IDE	hda=ide-scsi
	Slave on first IDE	hdb=ide-scsi
	Master on second IDE	hdc=ide-scsi
	Slave on second IDE	hdd=ide-scsi

If you're using grub, add the parameter to the END of the "kernel" line
for the kernel you're booting in /boot/grub/grub.conf (don't forget to
separate the parameter from the rest of the stuff on the line by a
space--see the examples below).

If you're using lilo, add an

	append="parameter"

line to the stanza for the kernel you're booting in /etc/lilo.conf and
rerun lilo.

Examples (with CDRW as slave on second IDE)

	/boot/grub/grub.conf:
	---------------------
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.9 ro root=/dev/hda1 hdd=ide-scsi
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	/etc/lilo.conf:
	---------------
	image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.xsmp
	        label=linux
	        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.xsmp.img
	        read-only
	        root=/dev/hda1
	        append="hdd=ide-scsi"
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Good luck.
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