[Geoffp]

Just recently installed fedora, I'm trying to burn a CD on my USB CD burner, but it's not working. I can read discs no problem, things just get all wacky when I try to burn stuff. Here's what k3b told me when I tried to burn an image. Sorry for all the text below too, I just wanted to make sure I've put up everything I've tried so far.

System
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K3b Version: 0.11.9
KDE Version: 3.2.2-6 Red Hat
QT Version: 3.3.2

cdrecord
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scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
/usr/bin/cdrecord: No such device or address. Cannot open '/dev/pg0'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a27-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to <warly@mandrakesoft.com>.
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM

cdrecord comand:
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/usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=0,0,0 -dao driveropts=burnfree cuefile=/home/user/removed.cue -eject

/dev/pg0? So anyways, I take a look to see what #cdrecord -scanbus says,

Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version.
scsidev: 'ATA'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/hd*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

Well, I don't really understand that, but I'm guessing those -2's are bad mojo . After googling for a few hours, I try some things to get more information,

# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: ATAPI Model: CD-RW 40X12 Rev: V.MW
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: BACKPACK Model: Hard Drive Rev: 1.00
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

# cat /etc/mtab | grep usb
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw 0 0

# ls -al /dev/cd*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 17 08:48 /dev/cdrom1 -> /dev/scd0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 15, 0 Feb 23 16:02 /dev/cdu31a
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 24, 0 Feb 23 16:02 /dev/cdu535
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 17 19:11 /dev/cdwriter -> /dev/scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 17 12:03 /dev/cdwriter1 -> /dev/scd0

It may list 2 cdwriters because I have another one, it's an IDE dvdrw/cdr combo drive, but it was not connected when I did this. I dunno, looks like it's recognizing my usb cd burner to me. And like I said, I can read data off it no problem. But, I'm really not 100% sure what all that means.

While googling, I kept seeing that I should add to lilo.conf or grub.conf (I use grub) hdd=scsi-ide, but thats responses to people who have ide drives, what would I put for my usb drive? scd=scsi-ide?

Any tips would be much appreciated.

-Geoffp