[OT] Re: Hp82xxx external cd writer!

[Brian Strand <bstrand@switchmanagement.com>]

Miguel Maria Godinho de Matos wrote:

>I guys, i am not being able to put my externel hp to work!!!
>
>I have compiled the new 2.4.16 kernel and made sure i selected scsi support 
>and the specific hp82xxx suport from the text box in menuconfig!
>
>But i have no clue how to put my cd writer to work under linux, at least to 
>work as a cd-rom!!!!
>
>can any of u give a clue where to read something about it ( linux doc has got 
>NOTHING ), or even explain me slowly :P how to put it to work?
>
I don't know if the hp82xxxx is an IDE or SCSI model, but you might want 
to make sure ide-scsi support is compiled in or loaded as a module. 
 This was required for us to use cdrecord with an IDE cd writer.  If you 
are sure it is a SCSI cd writer, ignore the ide-scsi advice.  As far as 
actually burning a CD, we do something like the following:

mkisofs \
    -translation-table \
    -joliet \
    -rational-rock \
    -o CD-IMAGE-NAME.iso \
    DIRECTORY-CONTAINING-WHAT-YOU-WANT-TO-WRITE

cdrecord -eject -v speed=4 -isosize CD-IMAGE-NAME.iso dev=3,3,0

You will need to change the dev=x,y,z to something appropriate, the 
syntax is scsibus,target,lun.  Try cdrecord -scanbus to find the proper 
values.  Also change the speed=4 to something appropriate for your cd 
writer.  There are probably gui tools which will allow you to do this 
easier, but I am not familiar with them (search google or freshmeat.net 
or the KDE or Gnome sites).

Regards,
Brian Strand