On Friday 29 December 2000 12:02, you wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Pyne" > To: > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 11:40 AM > Subject: RE: Western digital drives and Linux? > > > On Friday, December 29, 2000, John W wrote: > > > Hello all I haven't posted in some time mainly a nebie/lurker. > > > I have been running Mandrake 7.2 and recently installed a CD-RW drive. > > > I > > > > have > > > > > not been able to gain access to the drive to say the least. I have > > > tried everything I can find to include adding my user account to the > > > cdrom and cdwriter group. I have recompiled the kernel to diable > > > ide/atapi support > > > > and > > > > > added scsi emulation. > > > > Have you checked out the very helpful CD-Writing HOWTO on LinuxDoc.org? > > It's at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html. When I got > > my > > > IDE Iomega CD-RW, I just read through that and got the drive working just > > beautifully. > > > > > I also have a standard cdrom perhaps this is causing issues I don't > > know. > > > I also have a regular IDE CD-ROM drive that works the way it did before I > > added the CD-RW. Remember that the regular CD-ROM is treated as an IDE > > device (e.g. /dev/hdc) and the CD-RW is treated like a SCSI device (e.g. > > /dev/scd0). > > > > > I have seen some comments regarding western digital HD's not working in > > > harmony with Linux?? I have never had problems regarding the HD that I > > am > > > > aware of. > > > > I'm pretty sure one of the hard drives in my Linux box is a Western > > Digital. > > > It has not caused any problems with my CD-RW (that I am aware of). > > > > > This si the output from cdrecord -scanbus; > > > Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg > > > > Schilling > > > > > Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39 > > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' > > > scsibus0: > > > 0,0,0 0) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX140E ' '1.0n' Removable > > CD-ROM > > > > 0,1,0 1) * > > > 0,2,0 2) * > > > 0,3,0 3) * > > > 0,4,0 4) * > > > 0,5,0 5) * > > > 0,6,0 6) * > > > 0,7,0 7) * > > > > Judging from this output, it looks like you are real close to getting > > this working. Exactly what problem are you having? Do you get an error > > when > > you > > > try to burn a CD? Are you not able to mount CD's? Does smoke pour out > > of your machine when you try to play a music CD? > > > > > I have followed the tutorial available at the Mandrake website and > > nothing > > > > seems to work. I know a lot of you use Debian would perhaps a switch > > help > > > in > > > > > any way or perhaps an older or newer kernel. I just want this to work! > > > > Given your distribution, your kernel should work just fine (assuming > > you've > > > compiled in all the required options and modules). I have had my CD-RW > > working on a 2.0.xx kernel, a few 2.2.xx kernels and currently with a > > 2.4.0-test12 kernel. > > > > HTH, > > ~Jeff > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss It seems the drive is recognized as a standard cdrom under /mnt. I tried to create mount point /mnt/scd0 and recieved Mount: fs type, bad type, bad superblock, on /mnt/cdrom,or too many mounted filesystems. If I try to use xcdroast it sees the cdrw as /dev/scd0 and it will read the tracks on an audio disc but if I try to access the cdrw to play an audio CD I get dumped into konqueror and it does not show the disc in the drive. Fortunately no smoke however. I rebooted and recieved the same errors in the boot messages regarding the cdrom drives. I have tried cahnging trhe permissions perhaps that is why I recieve the mount errors? I will definitely read through the cdr howto again perhaps I missed something there or have made some other errors along the way. Lilo conf reads; image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure label=linux root=/dev/hda7 append=" hdb=ide-scsi ide1=autotune ide0=autotune" read-only Thanks for your help guys (gals just in case)! -- John Wheat