Do you mean that I have to choose between burning on the fly and being able to 
listen to cds?  If so, I'll stick with the music.  I want that much more 
often :)

Anne

On Thursday 19 Dec 2002 10:00 am, Malcolm Candlish wrote:
> Anne,
>
> The problem referred to is now resolved and think it may be worthwhile
> examining the following three files making allowances for your hd & scd
> numbers. It will enable you to burn 'on the fly', which can have
> advantages in your working  'although not audio).
>
> /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> vga=normal
> default=Mandrake
> prompt
> timeout=100
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk
>       label=Mandrake
>       root=/dev/hdb5
>       initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img
>       append=" quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
>       read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
>       label=windows
>
> /etc/fstab
> /dev/hdb5 / ext3 defaults 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
> none /mnt/cdrom supermount
> dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0
> 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount
> dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0
> 0 0
> none /mnt/floppy supermount
> dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850,umask=0
> 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0
>
> /etc/mtab
> /dev/hdb5 / ext3 rw 0 0
> none /proc proc rw 0 0
> none /dev devfs rw 0 0
> none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 rw 0 0
> none /mnt/cdrom supermount
> ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepa
>ge=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount
> rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepa
>ge=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount
> rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,co
>depage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs
> ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0
>
> Seasons greetings.
> Malcolm Candlish.
>
> On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 19:39, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > 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
> > > >
> > > > ----
> > > >
> > > >
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> >
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> >
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