On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 01:08 pm, many eyes noted that James Sparenberg wrote: <snip> > > So I took a panel of the box, left the CD drives where they were, but > > just jumpered the writer as slave again, and the reader as master. > > Invoked k3b, it now recognised the writer as such and the reader > > correctly also. The reader still worked and the writer with k3b burned > > CD's without and trouble. > > > > Thought I would pass this on in case it might help anyone that was having > > trouble with k3b not recognising writers> > > > > Charlie. > > Charlie this almost sounds like a problem FreeBSD had around the time of > 2.7/2.8 In order to do a media install from CD the Reader had to be > slave to the drive you intended to install on. Curiosity here. If they > are in the position of being two readers (as far as k3b is concerned > what is the output of cdrecord -scanbus ? I'm curious if the problem is > in k3b or lower down in cdrecord. > > James
Sorry James, because I didn't know to do that and even now don't know what it shows; I didn't try that to find out whatever information it displays. But here is is as it is now, though it might be no help :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 2.0 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 Using libscg version 'schily-0.7' scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-40125S ' 'ZS0N' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) * 0,7,0 7) * [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# Charlie. -- A steady wind scours the autumn moon From a stagnant pool, From the crystal spring every place pure now Just as it is. Why, then, does karma yet coil and bind? - Miao Yin (376-380) This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0
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