[NTLUG:Discuss] Help appreciated

[Chris Cox]

falconjetflyer at netscape.net wrote:
> OK,  I am running Mandrake 8.1 and 
> the burner is new and not attached during installation.  
> I have tried the burner from the command line but since I don't have the ide-scsi driver configured properly it won't work.
> 
> Rights.  Well that is another question.  Only in root. I would like to be able to run it from my /home/me/.  
> 
> When I ran "grep /sbin/insmod -p ide-scsi"   it said no module by that name found.  
> 
> When I run "locate ide-scsi" it finds 3.
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.h
> /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernal/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o.gz
> 
> The burner is a Cendyne ATAPI ide CD-RW.  
> 
> So I need to configure the ide-scsi module for my CD-RW 
> Give permissions to my home/me to run the burn.
> Find informatin on the proper parameters for the burn. ( too many choices and not enough information)
>

Typically at boot via LILO you append hdd=ide-scsi (or whatever your CD device
is).  You'll need ide-scsi support in your kernel as well as generic
scsi... but both of these should be present in a stock Mdk 8.1 dist config.
Are you sure this is a stock Mdk 8.1?  Maybe there's a bug in their
dist? (other Mdk 8.1 users are having no problem, so I think this is
unlikely).

At work, I have a dedicated CDROM burner.  The machine is tied into our
NIS domain, users login and then I setup ease-of-use commands that
they can invoke via sudo... copycd and copyiso.

cdcopy$ cat /usr/local/bin/copycd
cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=40 -v -driveropts=burnproof -isosize /dev/sr0
cdcopy$ cat /usr/local/bin/copyiso
if [ ! "$*" ]; then
         echo "Supply the full pathname to the iso image file" >&2
fi
cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=40 -v -driveropts=burnproof $*

cdcopy# cat /etc/sudoers

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification
User_Alias      ROOTUSERS = ccox, otheruser

# Cmnd alias specification
Cmnd_Alias      ROOTSH = /usr/local/bin/rootsh
Cmnd_Alias      COPYCD = /usr/local/bin/copycd
Cmnd_Alias      COPYISO = /usr/local/bin/copyiso

# User privilege specification
root            ALL=(ALL) ALL
ROOTUSERS       ALL = ROOTSH
ALL             ALL = NOPASSWD: COPYCD, COPYISO

Creating an ISO image file to burn is fairly simple.  You use
mkisofs.  In the simplest case, I'd create a directory to
hold the contents of what I want on the CD (e.g. mydir).
(Note.. I don't have a command under sudo to do this one)

cdcopy# cd mydir
cdcopy# mkisofs -J -R -o dir-to-store-iso/myiso.iso *
(the -R is for rockridge and -J for Joliet... ie a blended
Windows/Unix CD).

Then burn it with copyiso (above).
cdcopy$ cd dir-to-store-iso
cdcopy$ sudo copyiso myiso.iso

Just some ideas,
Chris


> Thanks
> Garion
> 
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> 
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> 
> Bobby Wrenn <bjwrenn at augustmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Wednesday 28 August 2002 09:05 am, you wrote:
>>
>>>   I am not a programmer,nor do I want to be.   I love Linux but I don't
>>>want or need the frustration of trying to get my stuff to work.   Right now
>>>I want to use my 3 month old CDR that I still don't have working under
>>>Linux.
>>>Too many ifs, ands and buts to the set up.
>>>I, like most others out here, I don't have the background to understand
>>>the HOWTO's.  There is too much stuff that is just understood by a
>>>programmer that is left out or too many variables for each distro that is
>>>left out for HowTo's to be of value.        I just want my crap to work.
>>>
>>>If any body knows where I can get continuing personal help or wants to give
>>>me phone help, I will compensate.
>>>   Garion
>>
>>I understand your frustration. I approached Linux from the frustrated Window$ 
>>user direction.
>>
>>I the beginning it was very frustrating. Part of the problem with asking 
>>questions on a list like this is how you ask the question. Tell us what you 
>>have and what you want to do. Then tell us what you have done. More 
>>information is better.
>>
>>Now, to your question. I believe you are saying you are having trouble 
>>getting a CE Burner to work. Here are some question which might get us a 
>>little further down the road to a solution.
>>
>>What distribution and version of Linux are you using?
>>Was the burner attached during install?
>>Have you tried operating the burner from the command line?
>>Do you have rights (there is another whole topic) to the device? In simpler 
>>terms, are you root?
>>What is the burners interface (SCSI, IDE, USB, Parallel)?
>>
>>
>>HTH
>>Bobby
>>
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