On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 12:08:14PM +0700, Benny Daton wrote:
>
> I am real newbie. Please guide me to install HP 8230e CD-writer on Toshiba
> Satellite 4000CST notebook. I have Mandrake 7.2 distro installed on my
> notebook.
> Please be gentle..and help this poor newbie
Fair warning: This is *not* going to be a walk in the park. The
developers have /not yet finished/ polishing the drivers for the
HP8230e. For you to use it, you will have to go out of your way to
install some experimental code. There's a chance you'll bork your
system doing this, and there's a chance it might not work no matter how
you do it, but in my non-professional opinion, there's not much of a
chance that you'll permenantly damage any hardware. Aside from ending
up with a few extra shiny coasters, maybe.
If you feel unable or unwilling to work with this experimental code in
development, "wait a few months", "pick different hardware", or "hire
someone" may be other options for you.
I'm afraid this will *not* end up being terribly gentle, as you
requested. I will make an attempt to point you to all the resources
you'll need, though.
Time to grab your hard-hat with the strap-on lantern, because you're
gonna have to get your spelunk on for this one.
General resources:
http://www.google.com/ -- Always your friend.
http://linuxdoc.org/ -- Anything called 'HOWTO' may be found here.
http://www.linux-usb.org/ -- The name says it all.
Nitty-gritty:
Hardware support in Linux is generally a matter of kernel configuration.
Since support for this device is not yet a standard option, you will
have to compile a kernel from source. You will need source code for a
2.4.x kernel (I'm using 2.4.3 here) and a standard C development
software, including (but not limited to) gcc and make. I'm not familar
with Mandrake, but these tools should be readily available in any
distribution, consult your distribution documentation for details.
Kernel resources:
http://www.kernel.org/
The "Kernel HOWTO".
The 'README' file in the kernel source.
Before you configure the kernel, you will need to apply a patch so
support for the HP8200 shows up in the config menu. I'm including a
patch for that at the end of this message, as I don't know where it is
archived.
There are two kinds of HP8230e drives out there, which I'll call "old"
and "new". If the drive was purchased in the last six months, it's
probably "new". These new drives require an additional patch, written
by Richard Miller, which may be found in the archive here:
http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=5224176&list=4563
Note about patch files: These files are made with the 'diff' program,
and you apply them with the 'patch' program. Who says the names of
Unix utilites don't make sense? =) See the programs' documentation
(manpages) for usage instructions.
Things you'll need to keep an eye out for while configuring your kernel:
* USB support
+ Mass Storage support
* SCSI support (because the USB CD driver works by looking like SCSI)
+ SCSI CD support
* ...other stuff I'm forgetting, which is probably mentioned
at linux-usb.org
Also see this post:
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-hardware%40senator-bedfellow.mit.edu/msg03514.html
That was written a while ago, so it's not 100% relevant, but it will
give you ideas about how things go and what you might try.
Other possibly relevant HOWTOs:
* CDROM HOWTO
* CD-Writing HOWTO
Once you get your kernel compiled and installed, all the weird nasty
HP8230-experimental things are behind you. You load the USB drivers
(and USB mass_storage driver) as you would normally, as is described in
the normal set of USB docs, and use the usual set of USB tools, load the
normal SCSI CD stuff... by this time it's no longer material for the
Linux-USB list, but just a matter of following the CD-Writing HOWTO.
Personally, I have gotten this drive to read and rip CDs. I have not
tried burning yet, but plan to soon, and others have reported success
with that as well.
Good luck,
- Kevin
(And take heart: If you get this working, it'll be *all* downhill from
here.)
Here's the patchlet so that the HP8200e shows up in the kernel
configuration menu. [This is probably not the only patch you need if
you have a "new" 8230e (aka 8290), see above for a pointer to the other
patch in the archives.]
--- linux/drivers/usb/Config.in~ Mon Nov 27 20:10:35 2000
+++ linux/drivers/usb/Config.in Tue Dec 19 12:21:56 2000
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
if [ "$CONFIG_USB_STORAGE" != "n" ]; then
bool ' USB Mass Storage verbose debug' CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG
bool ' Freecom USB/ATAPI Bridge support' CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM
+ if [ "$CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL" = "y" ]; then
+ bool ' HP8200e support (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e
+ fi
fi
dep_tristate ' USB Modem (CDC ACM) support' CONFIG_USB_ACM $CONFIG_USB
dep_tristate ' USB Printer support' CONFIG_USB_PRINTER $CONFIG_USB
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