Gmail is giving me the pip! I didnt press the send honest :-) Check that everyting looks ok and take out the -dummy flag. ( Command is all on one line of course )
All $DEITIES willing, you will have a DVD in some ( 10s of ) minutes. I don't necessarily need this as a bootable ISO disk. The USB-2 Port has yet to actioned, but we could use my lappie as an intermediate way station. If you can bring the file on a USB device that would be fine. I have even got an NTFS driver module. On 12/11/07, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As Root, try:- > > iago ~ # cdrecord -scanbus > Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright > (C) 1995-2007 Jörg Schilling > Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 > Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. > scsibus0: > 0,0,0 0) 'COMPAQ ' 'ST15150W ' '6216' Disk > 0,1,0 1) 'QUANTUM ' 'ATLAS10K2-TY184L' 'DDD6' Disk > 0,2,0 2) * > 0,3,0 3) * > 0,4,0 4) * > 0,5,0 5) * > 0,6,0 6) * > 0,7,0 7) * > scsibus1001: > 1001,0,0 100100) * > 1001,1,0 100101) 'COMBO ' 'IDE5216CO ' '0K52' Removable > CD-ROM > 1001,2,0 100102) * > 1001,3,0 100103) * > 1001,4,0 100104) * > 1001,5,0 100105) * > 1001,6,0 100106) * > 1001,7,0 100107) * > > This tells you the device numbers for the cd writer, in my case it's > 1001,1,0 because I have other scsi drive on the machine. It'll be > different for you. > > Using that gem of info try starting cdrecord in dummy mode thus:- > > cdrecord dev=1001,1,0 -dummy -verbose -data > /mnt/data/Isos/PCLinuxOS/pclinuxos-2007.iso > > On 12/11/07, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Christopher - the knoppix ISO I have downloaded for the linux > > archive, exceeds the 4BG size that k3b will burn to a disk, though small > > enough that it could fit on a DVD (no doubt there is some issue I know > > nothing about regarding the size of files that can be burnt). > > > > The question is, do you particularly want to get this as an ISO? If so, > > is the USB2 port installed yet? Or is in the form of a bootable DVD OK? > > > > Or, in the absence of a USB2 port, perhaps there is some clever trick > > that will let me burn this ISO to DVD via that magical command line? If > > so, what might that magic be? > > > > Cheers, > > Roger > > > > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell > -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell
