pmana Thanks I'll try this
alben On Friday 06 September 2002 23:24, Pablo Manalastas wrote: > On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, cedie boyet alben benavente alteza wrote: > > Does anybody know how to install CD-writer on a linux machine using the > > usb port? > > You need to enable support for usb, usb-storage, scsi, scsi-generic in > your kernel. (Please read both CD-WRITING howto and USB howto). > Then you need the cdrtools package (old name "cdrecord"). > > Then, hopefully, the following incantations should work: > > mknod /dev/sg$i c 21 $i # for i in 0,1,2,..,20. > modprobe scsi_mod > modprobe usb-ohci / usb-uhci > modprobe usb-storage > modprobe sr_mod > modprobe sg > > To prepare a data CD image, you give the following command: > mkisofs -v -R -V label -o output.iso /sourcedir > # you need -b ... and -c ... for a bootable data CD. > > To burn the iso image, you give the following command: > cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -eject -data output.iso > # the 0,0,0 refers to the BUS,ID,LUN reported > # by the above modprobe's. > > To burn a music CD, you need "CDex" to strip tracks from > your favorite audio CD to get MP3s, and "Audacity" (nice name) > to edit these tracks (cut/paste, amplify, etc - reminds > you of CoolEdit!). Audacity can also write out to wav files. > Then the following command writes these wav files to your > audio CD: > cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -pad -eject -audio track1.wav tack2.wav ... > If you forget the -pad option, cdrecord reminds you that > audio CDs must be written in multiples of some number like > 2537 bytes so you either use dd to pad your wav files, > or just let cdrecord do it with the -pad option. > > I have not actually tried the modprobes above, since I do not > have a USB CD burner, but I do not think much harm will be done > if you make the wrong modprobes in this case. > > PMana > > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alben Benavente Alteza Operations Analyst 1 EL Administration and Information Systems Security Information Systems Dept./ Philippine Airlines _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
