Specifications

if ! grep "^........ sg_" /proc/ksyms > /dev/null; then

report_no_autoload sg && insmod sg

if ! grep "^........ sr_" /proc/ksyms > /dev/null; then

report_no_autoload sr_mod && insmod sr_mod

if ! grep "^........ loop_" /proc/ksyms > /dev/null; then

report_no_autoload loop && insmod loop

if ! grep iso9660 /proc/filesystems > /dev/null; then

report_no_autoload iso9660 && insmod iso9660

echo "The following is only needed for IDE/ATAPI CD−writers."

if ! grep ide−scsi /proc/ide/drivers > /dev/null; then

report_no_autoload ide−scsi && insmod ide−scsi

cdrecord −scanbus

Listing: Testing for drivers

Please read the next chapter if insmod complains about missing module files. If you are in text mode

(console), the loading of modules may cause some messages to be printed on your screen. If you are in

graphics mode (X11, KDE, Gnome), you can recall these messages with the command dmesg.

There are several ways to load the modules next time you start up your Linux system:

(1) Put the relevant insmod command into the startup sequence

(a shell script named rc.local or equivalent).

(2a) Run kerneld or kmod and

(2b) configure them in /etc/modules.conf (to be more precise,

you configure the utility modprobe, which is called by the daemons)

People with a SCSI−writer can skip the rest of this section, because cdrecord will most likely already detect

their hardware. If not, then please send me an email with some information about your setup, so I can

improve the section about SCSI−writers.

Now to the people with CD−writers for IDE/ATAPI. As written in the previous chapter, you have to load the

compatibility driver ide−scsi. But this driver can only access your CD−Writer if no other driver has already

done so. In other words, you have to tell the regular IDE driver to leave your CD−writer unrecognized, so the

ide−scsi driver can grab it.

hda = IDE bus/connector 0 master device

hdb = IDE bus/connector 0 slave device

hdc = IDE bus/connector 1 master device

hdd = IDE bus/connector 1 slave device

Table: device file names of IDE/ATAPI devices

CD−Writing HOWTO

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