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On 19 Dec 03 at 7:15, kenm AT efn.org wrote:

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>Does anyone have experience writing CDs with BL?  I have
>not figured out how to convince the kernel that my IDE-ATAPI
>CD-writer is a SCSI device using loadline.
>Ken Martwick


Hi Ken,

Here is my post. Just one additional advice: Start with cdutils.tgz
included in Slackware 7.1, until you understand what each utility is
supposed to do. Then uninstall the packet and get (compile) the latest
version of cdrtools (instead of former cdrecord), bladeenc and
cdparanoia. These claim to produce better quality. BTW: Meanwhile,
everything has been ported to DOS. DOS seems to catch up quickly
these days... Maybe the better file name compatibility still makes it
worth to use Linux ;-)

Christof Lange

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Anyway, here is my suggestion for the BL 2 FAQ:

Q: Can I burn CDs with under BaslicLinux 2.x?

A: Install ap1/cdutils.tgz from Slackware 7.1. If your CD-RW drive
is connected to IDE (which is true for many newer devices), you need
to emulate it through SCSI, as the record utility can access the
burner only through SCSI connection.

1. Create the devices in /dev:

cd /dev/
umask -S u=rwx,g=rwx,o-rwx
[ -f loop0 ] \
|| ./MAKEDEV loop \
|| for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do mknod loop$i b 7 $i; done
[ -f sg0 -o -f sga ] \
|| ./MAKEDEV sg \
|| for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do mknod sg$i  c 21 $i; done

# I have not tested this script from pure BL 2.10

2. Get the necessary SCSI drivers from a13/scsimods.tgz and load them
in precisely this order:

 insmod ide-cd ignore=hdc # replace hdc with the correct name
                          # of the CD-RW device
 insmod scsi_mod
 insmod sg
 insmod sr_mod
 insmod loop
 insmod ide-scsi

You may want to add these lines to your startup-scripts.

3. If you boot from DOS using loadlin.exe add a parameter
'hdc=ide-scsi' to the command line (replace hdc with the name of
the IDE drive that needs to be emulated), e.g.:

  loadlin.exe zimage kbd-reset root=/dev/hda2 ro hdc=ide-scsi

Read the manual pages for mkeisofs and cdrecord and the
Linux CD-Writing HOWTO.


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