[CJB]

I've got a dual boot between Windows XP and Mandrake 9.2.

Under Windows, I can use my CD Writer under Windows using Nero 5.5 without any problem but I just tried using it for the first time with Mandrake and got the error message below.

My writer is an Acer 1610A 16x10x40

I've only been using Linux a couple of weeks. Does anyone have any ideas how to resolve this. I don't know how to do the recommended solution ;(

Thanks.

Quote:

No support for ATAPI with cdrdao

You will not be able to use all your reading devices as copy sources since there is at least one not configured to use SCSI emulation and your system does not support ATAPI with cdrdao.

Solution: The best and recommended solution is to enable ide-scsi (SCSI emulation) for all writer devices. This way you won't have any problems.

[danleff]

[Sulake]

I newer burned CDs with ATAPI in redhad, so i dont know if it would worked...

But id did with scsi emulation by passing hda=ide-scsi to kernel.

You can add it to /boot/grub/grub.conf after the kernel line like:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20 ro root=LABEL=/ hda=ide-scsi
CD burner will now work much better width scsi-emulation. Even burning DVD:s goes just fine width K3b (if your burner supports it ofcourse)

[danleff]

[CJB]

Thanks for the response.

The software is K3B as you correctly assumed and the boot up is LILO.

Just as a matter of interest - what is the difference between LILO and Grub? I went with LILO because that was the default. I installed Fedora Core 1 on an older machine just for experimenting with a different distro - the default on that was Grub.

[Dapper Dan]

What Sulake said is what I did to get K3B working also. After editing my /boot/grub/grub.conf file, it works perfectly. I wish I could tell you how to do it with Lilo..

[danleff]