Re: Writing to CDR drive...

Kambiz Aghaiepour (kambiz@tcsi.com)
Sat, 18 Jan 1997 14:28:28 -0800


Well, I have done this. And in fact I can mount CDs from this drive.
But cdwrite fails on the open() with the O_RDWR option.

Kambiz

>>>>> "Derrik" == Derrik Pates <dpates@Cavern.NMSU.Edu> writes:

Derrik> On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Kambiz Aghaiepour wrote:

>> I'm trying to write to my philips cdd2000 drive which I can do just
>> fine under windows 95, but linux keeps complaining that the device is
>> read only. It is viewed by linux to be a CDRom drive. How can I
>> enable the write option? Is this a kernel parameter at compile time
>> I may have missed?

Derrik> (a) Make sure you have all the right utilities. (b) CDR's class
Derrik> as SCSI generic, so add SCSI generic device support into your
Derrik> kernel, either directly or as a module.

Derrik> Derrik Pates dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu