From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81F73F079 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:24:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g9L7OK901260 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:24:20 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g9L7OKf01254 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:24:20 -0400 Received: from celebris.bdk.pl (celebris.bdk.pl [212.182.99.100]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g9L739w18823 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 03:03:09 -0400 Received: from localhost (wpilorz@localhost) by celebris.bdk.pl (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9L7bDY14301; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:37:13 +0200 Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 09:37:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojtek Pilorz To: Martin McCormick Cc: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: cdrecord and Sony IDE Drives In-Reply-To: <200210210154.g9L1s7G80612@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Martin McCormick wrote: > Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:54:07 -0500 > From: Martin McCormick > Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: cdrecord and Sony IDE Drives > > I upgraded to Linux3.0 this Summer and my ability to > record CD's using SCSI emulation died on two different systems. > On one system, I finally got it working with some help, but it > does work again like it should. It turns out that you must > enable SCSI emulation in your kernel which is no big surprise. > You also must enable CDROM support even though your CDRW drive is > an IDE drive, and you must also enable generic SCSI support. > > That fixed things for that system. > > My work station at my job location seems very similar in > that it is a Dell Dimension series system only slightly newer > than the one I got back to good health again. Its IDE drive is a > Sony drive but is otherwise a normal IDE device. After I did the > same three things to that system, it showed all the correct test > results one can look for. If, for example, you type > > cat /proc/scsi/scsi, you will get a listing of all the SCSI > devices you have. I see the CDRW drive and it also shows up > properly in a second test one can run that will make your system > output a little form which describes your CDRW drive and its > capabilities. > > At this point, both systems behave the same way. > > The trouble comes any time I want to use cdrecord on the > system with the Sony drive. > > Cdrecord starts out normally and then fails with an error > saying that it can't find /dev/pg0. /dev/pg0 is the first What exactly is your kernel version, cdrecord version, the command line you used to start cdrecord (please use -v option) and messages displayed? > parallel port SCSI device. I could certainly build a new kernel Hmm, do you have an entry in /dev for pg0, pg1, and so on? On my system there are entries for pg0 .. pg3 which are defined as character devices with major number 97 and minor numbers 0 .. 3 > with parallel SCSI support, but is this really necessary? The > CDRW drive connects to an IDE controller, not the Printer port. > > I am confused. That system does appear to be otherwise > quite functional. > > Martin McCormick >