On the other hand, you could take my solution - I use the cd-rw as both reader and writer. I have to burn an image if I want a copy, but for most purposes it causes me no problems whatsoever.
Anne On Sunday 15 Dec 2002 7:32 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > Tom, > > Thank you for your comments. > > I can work the reader for XCDRoast if the cd reader is in scsi emulation > form, but the trouble is it will not operate as a normal cd reader for > other purposes. > > In view of this I shall take your advice and drop emulation for the > reader and resort to the 'command line' for that occasion. > > Thank you for your input. > > Malcolm Candlish. > > On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 00:29, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thursday December 12 2002 12:57 pm, Malcolm Candlish wrote: > > > Charles, > > > > > > Thank you for your reply.I had no idea that both the hdc reader and > > > hdd writer rom were to be in scsi emulation mode. This I fear may > > > disrupt my reader rom in other duties? > > > > It will > > > > > At the end of my reply I am adding my significant files should you > > > wish to look at them. I am grateful for your time. > > > > > > What is kb3? I have not heard of this; is it any good and how can I > > > obtain it. > > > > Kb3 gets around this by completely modifying your mount points in > > /etc/fstab ... which also will cause 'disrupt my reader rom in other > > duties' problems, often even worse. As does settin your CDrom up to > > be scsi emulated. > > > > GUI front ends for the programs of cdrecord and mkisofs try to > > work on several differnet distro's. IMO, not very well on any. Even > > if you get a GUI setup to work with your drives, changing from > > supermount to supermount disabled will ruin the day again. Similar > > situations will be encountered when trying to use the various GUI > > burner apps to select files to be burned. > > > > You'll be better off in the long run reading the CD-writing-howto, > > and learning how to use your burner on the command line. You'll also > > find out that it's simpler, quicker an easier than GUI's anyhow. EG, > > to record an audio CD, all I hav'ta do is type 'bacd' in a terminal > > as user. Much quicker, simpler, and bulletproof than any GUI. > > > > alias bacd='cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,3,0 -pad -audio *.wav' > > -- > > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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