Thread: What device represents my CD burner?
cav So, /dev/cdrom points to the master on my ide (DVD-ROM), and the slave on the same ide is a philips cd-rw, however slackware did not "install" it when I set up my system. It seems that /dev/cdrom actually points to /dev/hda, so where would my philips burner be located? Also, if I found it, how would I set it up in fstab? Thanks. 
m0rl0ck you have to boot with ide-scsi emulation enabled.
Try:
append="hdb=ide-scsi"
in your lilo.conf

After you reboot (dont forget to rerun lilo after the above edit!!!) the cdburner should appear as /dev/scd0  
poloktim Here we go:

Setting up a CDR/W ($ means normal user, # means su/root)

- Install IDE SCSI into the Kernel (howeever your distro(s) do it).
- Install basic software (cdrecord, mkissofs
- Restart
- $dmesg | grep ATAPI
- Modify LILO:
# /etc/lilo.conf
underneath root=(whatever goes here) where it says Append (usually commented) add:
append="hdd=ide-scsi max_scsi_luns=1"
Save and exit.
#lilo
#shutdown -r now
$dmesg (you can search for scsi, but it shold be at the bottom)
-Using CDRW (If you're in the group cdroom then you don't need root for these commands).
$cdrecord -scanbus (normally 0,0,0 but may be different for you, write it down).
$ /etc/default/cdrecord
add default device/speed/fifosize drname,device,speed,fifosize,driveoptions (i didn't do anything so you may not need to do it).
Save. Exit.
put a non-blank cd in (that is one that has data on it).
$cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -v -toc | more (remember that 0,0,0 may not be your devnumber, you should've taken it down before).
-Because it's the second drive it now neeeds to be set up properly to read/write to.
#cd /dev
#ln -s scd0 cdrw
#cd / (or /mnt if you want, this is creating the cdrw dir)
#mkdir cdrw
# /etc/fstab
look for /dev/cdrom and directly underneath it add (without the quotes):
"/dev/cdrw /cdrw iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0" IF you made the mount point at /mnt/cdrw then replace /cdrw with /mnt/cdrw
Save and exit.
Put a cd in both dvd and cdrw.
#mount /cdrom (or whatever your cdrom mountpoint is)
#ls /cdrom
#umount /cdrom
#mount /cdrw (or whatever you made your cdrw mount point to (/mnt/cdrw))
#ls /cdrw
#umount /cdrw
-Burning a test cd.
Put a blank cdr(w) into the cdrw device.
$cd /tmp
$mkisofs -r -o homedir.img /home/ (this makes a cdimage of your homedir).
$cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -v -data home-dir.img (replace dev=0,0,0 with dev=(your device number)).
$mount /cdrw
$ls /cdrw
$umount /cdrw
-You can install an X frontend now if yoou want CDRoast or such. 
-You're finished setting up your CDRW. 
Aussie [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by m0rl0ck [/i]
[B]you have to boot with ide-scsi emulation enabled.
Try:
append="hdb=ide-scsi"
in your lilo.conf

After you reboot (dont forget to rerun lilo after the above edit!!!) the cdburner should appear as /dev/scd0 [/B][/QUOTE] 

In slackware the burner will be /dev/sr0. 
m0rl0ck [QUOTE]In slackware the burner will be /dev/sr0.

[/QUOTE] 

Hmm, I didnt know that something as basic as that would be distro specific.
So things have changed since this document was written?:
[url]http://linuxtipps.sourceforge.net/show.php/en/tutorial/3.htm[/url]


EDIT: typo 
Aussie [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by m0rl0ck [/i]
[B]Hmm, I didnt know that something as basic as that would be distro specific.
So things have changed since this document was written?:
[url]http://linuxtipps.sourceforge.net/show.php/en/tutorial/3.htm[/url]


EDIT: typo [/B][/QUOTE] 

Yep,
[code]
bern@grendel bern$ dmesg | grep scsi
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=slackware ro root=302 hdd=ide-scsi
ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray[/code] 
poloktim Then replace scd0 with sr0.

K :) 
m0rl0ck [QUOTE]In slackware the burner will be /dev/sr0.[/QUOTE] 


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Aussie That is interesting.