Getting my CD-RW to function

[Alex_14]

I finally got back the boot manager, but I still cannot get my CDRW to work properly. I have heard something about SCSI Emulation and I have no clue how to do that kind of stuff.

I am about to give up on getting my CDRW to work properly.

Thanks,

Alex

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

See http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Getting+my+CD-RW+to+function&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=2&ic=1&selm=6hmc75%24fiq%241%40newton.pacific.net.sg

[Alex_14]

I should assume nothing, I was reffering to getting it to work properly in Linux. Like I said before, is there something about Scsi emulation that I should do. If so, how.

-Alex

[Bernd Reize]

Hi Alex,
if your CDRW is IDE, you will need SCSI emulation to get it work:
The kernel contains a module called ide-scsi, first check if it is already built or if you have to compile it first.
Also you need a kernel append parameter at boot time: "hdX=ide-scsi"

When your now insert this module in a running kernel with "modprobe ide-scsi", you are able to communicate with your CDRW via SCSI. You can verify the loading of the module by looking into /proc/scsi/scsi - this file should contain a line with your CDRW.
Via SCSI, cdrdao / cdrecord should not make any problems.