[NTLUG:Discuss] Can't Get XCDroast/SCSI Support To Work

[Richard Cobbe]

jv wrote on 11-3-1999:

> Hmmmmm, I thought I DID add generic SCSI support when I ran xconfig.  Oh
> well, does cdroast have a gui?

Yeah, XCDroast.  <grin>

There's also another front-end called gcombust; check for it at freshmeat.
I've never gotten around to installing either, so I can't comment on their
quality.  I just use cdrecord straight.  Its CLI is not that intimidating
for straightforward recordings; usually it's just

mkisofs -R -J -o image-file source-directory
cdrecord -v dev=0,3,0 -data image-file

(Your dev= values will likely be different.)

Check the CD-Writing HOWTO for details instructions about how to get
everything working.  You can find it at http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/;
it's an invaluable reference for this.

The only thing I'd add to its description, based on experience, involves
the device files used with SCSI drives.  The HOWTO suggests that you create
/dev/sg[0-7] if they don't exist.  On my system, I have /dev/sg[a-h], and
/dev/sg[0-7] are links to those, which suggests that different programs
expect different names.  Which are the links is almost certainly irrelevant.

Good luck!

Richard