SCSI Emulation

[Derek Broughton]

Old Rocker wrote:

> I have two DVD drives, one of them a DVD/CD writer.  Both are ATAPI
> drives.
> 
> When I try to burn an .iso file with K3b, it appears to write OK, but
> nothing is written, and the disk shows up as a blank disk without
> anything having been written to it.
> 
> When I try with GCombust and XCDroast to burn the disks, neither
> recognise my burner as an scsi device.  Therefore no burning can take
> place.
> 
> Now, it could be that I have a faulty burner, but I'd like to eliminate
> any software problems before I go down that route. I've googled for
> "scsi emulation" + ubuntu to see if there are any howtos on the
> subject, but I've drawn a blank.  I've tried searching the Ubuntu Wiki
> without much success.
> 
> Could anybody point me in the correct direction to get scsi emulation of
> my burner in Ubuntu/Kubuntu?  Or give me some idea how to acheive it?
> 
> Also scsi emulation was an option in the setup screen in Libranet, so it
> was easy to acheive.  What is the view of this list about it being
> included in Ubuntu....or is it?

That used to be done through ide-scsi, iirc, which doesn't seem to be needed
any more.  All my drives are just automagically recognized as scsi - but
the HD is SATA, which may make a difference.
-- 
derek