September 2001 - wlug - list.wlug.org.nz

raw disks
by Arne Pallentin 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

hi everyone, I just tried to use a dual boot W2K installation via vmware from my SuSE 7.2 box. Problem: I do not have access to the dev (hde), and including me into user-group "disk" as advised by vmware does not work. Does someone know how I can set write access for that hd?? Thanks, Arne -- Arne Pallentin, Dipl.-Geol. Dept. of Earth Sciences - UoW Hamilton New Zealand ------------ WLUG - The Waikato Linux Users Group WWW: http://wlug.linuxcare.co.nz To unsubscribe, send an email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz with "unsubscribe wlug" in the body of the message.

1 0

Re: [wlug] CD reader/writers
by Oliver Jones 13 Sep '01

13 Sep '01

Which incidentally is how Windows does it as well. It is just a little harder to notice. :) Windows uses ASPI which is a SCSI API. The IDE devices have IDE->SCSI/ASPI support in their drivers. Later Chris Martin wrote: >You need to enable SCSI emulation, it's an option in the kernel. >Beyond that I'm not sure, I haven't set up an IDE burner in Linux >(mine is SCSI), but you need to fool it into thinking your IDE burner >is a SCSI device. > >>Yo people >> >>I'm having problems getting a CD reader/writer going properly on my Linux >>installation. Wondering if some bright spark can give some illumination on >>the problem? >> >>System: Suse 7.2, kde 2.2 on an AMD processor based system. >>CD-Reader/Writer: Goldstar IDE CD-reader/writer >> >>The CD reader/writer is on the slave port of the primary IDE >>controller. Note that it is IDE and not SCSI. >> >>What works: >> >>1) I can mount an ISO9960 CD and read it fine. >> >>What doesn't work: >> >>1) Can't write ISO image to CD. I try to use cdrecorder and it wants a >> device specification. I don't know what on earth to tell it. The manual >> is no help - it is all geered towards a SCSI CD-writer. Can someone tell >> me what I should be telling it for a device? >> >>2) Can't play music CDs. I run KDE's CDplayer program and it can start >> reading the music CD OK, and says its playing but no sound is comes out >> whatsoever. >> >> Maybe worth noting that KDE on startup (ie login) reports it can't find >> the /dev/dsp device and says it will use the null sound device >> instead. However all its own little jingles, bells, whatnots are sounded >> OK. I hear them. Just not the CD. >> >> The appropriate wire connecting the CD reader to the sound board is >> attached. >> >> Don't have any clue what the sound board is - it's on the motherboard. >> >>Any suggestions? >> >>Cheers >>Michael >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Dr Michael Cree Email: cree(a)phys.waikato.ac.nz >>Lecturer >>Dept. Physics and Elec. Eng. >>University of Waikato >>Private Bag 3105 Fax: +64-7-8384219 >>Hamilton Telephone: +64-7-8384301 >>New Zealand >>------------ >>WLUG - The Waikato Linux Users Group >>WWW: http://wlug.linuxcare.co.nz >>To unsubscribe, send an email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >>with "unsubscribe wlug" in the body of the message. >> > > >------------ >WLUG - The Waikato Linux Users Group >WWW: http://wlug.linuxcare.co.nz >To unsubscribe, send an email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz >with "unsubscribe wlug" in the body of the message. > -- Oliver Jones - oliver(a)deeper.co.nz - Mobile: +64-21-41-2238 - Deeper Design Limited - http://www.deeperdesign.com

1 0

Re: [wlug] CD reader/writers
by Matthias Dallmeier 13 Sep '01

13 Sep '01

On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Michael Cree wrote: > Any suggestions? Read the CD-Writing HOWTO. Basically, you want to set it up to pretend to be a SCSI device. -- Matthias ------------ WLUG - The Waikato Linux Users Group WWW: http://wlug.linuxcare.co.nz To unsubscribe, send an email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz with "unsubscribe wlug" in the body of the message.

1 0