Confused Newbie: CD-RW as SCSI Device in Warty?

[kafton]

Brian Durant Wrote: 
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:25:18 -0500, David M. Carney
> <carney1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:53:57 +0700, Brian Durant
> > <globetrotterdk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi again,
> > >
> > > I am still trying to copy an audio CD in Warty. At this point, I
> am
> > > getting a little philosophical. With the Warty kernel, the days of
> > > ATAPI IDE CD-R, RW, DVD-R having to pretend to be SCSI devices
> should
> > > be definitively over, aren't they??? Can anyone enlighten me on
> this
> > > issue? I have tried pretty much everything else. To summarize, I
> can't
> > > create an image as suggested in the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide and
> every
> > > GUI software I have tried (xcdroast, K3B Gnome Baker, etc.) spits
> > > error messages back at me. I can listen to audio CDs and watch
> VCDs
> > > and DVDs, so what gives. I have two different CD-R, RW, DVD-R
> drives.
> 
> 
> Then I tried using sudo xcdroast, but got a message blubbering on
> about SCSI emulation needing to be turned on as I have 2 ATAPI/IDE
> CD-R, RW, DVD-R drives. Is this the problem that I have with
> Nautilus/cdrecord also? I don't get it. I am using Warty, so I
> shouldn't need SCSI emulation with kernel (whatever) in Warty which is
> at least 2.4 something, right? I am looking at the X-CD Roast FAQ
> trying to make heads or tails of it, but without much luck. It seems
> like I have to add 2 lines to /etc/modules.conf:
> 
> 
> I use xcdroast in Warty with just the standard install. Warty uses the
> 2.6.8 kernel so you don't need to add anything. Ignore the warning
> about SCSI emulation. You do have to run it with sudo xcdroast  though.
> The only problem I have is my LG dvd has timing problems with audio so I
> can not use it as the read drive for audio. I also have to use my Sony
> cdrw drive to play audio cds because of the timing problem. 
> 
> Ed


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