[CLUE-Tech] CD-writer software

Dennis J Perkins dperkins2 at qwest.net
Tue Jan 16 20:24:04 MST 2001


"Shapiro, Gary L" wrote:

> I just installed an HP IDE CD Writer (HP #A5989A) on our new HP PL-class Linux workstation. Unfortunately, the CD Writer
> only came with software for NT. Although I do eventually intend to install NT via VMWare, can anyone
> tell me whether there is software available for writing to a CD on Linux? I have tried xcdroast, but apparently it can't
> use an IDE CD writer for writing. I have found some instructions online which tell how to configure the kernel to use SCSI
> emulation, but they are not clear, and I would rather not fool with the kernel except as a last resort.
>
> Gary Shapiro (gary.l.shapiro at lmco.com)
> Software Engineer
> Lockheed Martin Space Systems / Astronautics Operations
> Denver, CO
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I just installed cdtools on my SCO box at work and it works fine.  It also runs on Linux, but I don't know if it can handle
IDE.  BTW, cdtools is a command line program.

--
  Dennis






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