How to get cdrecord working in FC2?

[Randy Kelsoe]

Pybe wrote:

>Still just hangs using kernel-2.6.7-1.494.2.2 & cdrecord-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.3
>
>[root at help root]# cdrecord --dev=/dev/hdd FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso
>cdrecord: No write mode specified.
>cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
>cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive
>dependent defaults.
>cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
>Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
>Jörg Schilling
>Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
>Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
>Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly at mandrakesoft.com>.
>Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in
>this version.
>scsidev: '/dev/hdd'
>devname: '/dev/hdd'
>scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
>Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
>
>No idea what DL means......
>[root at help root]# ps waux | grep cdrecord
>root      8513  0.0  1.0  6896 6896 pts/5    DL   12:34   0:00
>cdrecord --dev=/dev/hdd FC2-i386-rescuecd.iso
>
>There probably worth less now but there are multiple gmail invites to
>the person that can get me burning cd's (even as root, i dont care) or
>if you in the UK, Sussex area and manage to get me burning you can
>have an old hp netserver lh II, dual pentium 233, 128mb ram, 3 x 4Gb
>scsi & 2 x 9Gb scsi, cd-rom, hp surestore dat8 & a few dds2 8Gb tapes.
>

First, look at your /etc/grub.conf entry for your present kernel, and 
make sure you don't have have an 'ide-scsi' entry for your burner.

What I did to get my burner working (it's also /dev/hdd), was to edit my 
/etc/cdrecord.conf file. Here are the uncommented lines from my 
cdrecord.conf:

        CDR_DEVICE=PLEXTOR
        CDR_FIFOSIZE=4m
        PLEXTOR=        ATA:1,1,0       -1      -1      burnfree

You can call your burner anything you want, just substitute PLEXTOR 
above for whatever you want to call your drive. Once you get your 
cdrecord.conf file edited:

cdrecord -v yourfilename.iso

will burn an iso image.