cdrecord - bad target

[haleleonj]

Before I begin I will mention I've done my homework. Google, slackware FAQs, experimentation, search on linuxforms, and nothing has worked. I hope the problem is transparent to somebody.

So, I want to make a backup of data on my asus DVD rom (QuietTrack 16X max) It was installed shortly before I installed Slackware 10.2 on the computer I'm using. It can read just fine. I'm trying to use cdrecord as root and as a user to no avail. I have done cdrecord -scanbus and got this message:

Script started on Sat 27 Jan 2007 06:39:25 PM CST
root@Hostname:~/cdrecord# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
root@Hostname:~/cdrecord#
Script done on Sat 27 Jan 2007 06:39:36 PM CST

When I run the program on my iso file this is the error:

Script started on Sat 27 Jan 2007 06:06:31 PM CST
root@Hostname:~/cdrecord# cdrecord -v -tao -data speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc chineseFonts.iso
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/hdc'
devname: '/dev/hdc'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
cdrecord: Read-only file system. Cannot open '/dev/hdc'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
root@Hostname:~/cdrecord# exit
Script done on Sat 27 Jan 2007 06:07:11 PM CST

3584000 is the size of chineseFonts.iso given by ls -l If I exclude dev=/dev/hdc/ I just get a different error. Nothing I've tried has worked.

What resorces can help me furthur or does somebody already know? ~~ Justin

P.S. I want to configure my HP desjet 1180c under Slackware 10.2 - could someone recoment a good link. I don't think the support is onehundread percent for this printer.

[tpl]

when I use cdrecord w/ kernel 2.6.12.5 I get by with 'dev/hdc just as you're trying. Here's some variants:

cdrecord -dev=ATAPI -scanbus
cdrecord -dev=ATA -scanbus

if you get, say 1,0,0 for the first, then try -dev=ATAPI:1,0,0

what kernel are you using? With cdrecord, 2.4's and 2.6's act differently.
At one point I do believe I went back to get/compile the most recent version of cdrecord. Maybe that would help in your case, too.

[haleleonj]

My Internet just came back on, along with the power, so I hope you don't think I'm unnapreciateive for not responding earlier. I tried your example and that didn't give me an error. I use kernal version 2.4. The problem still remains when I type

cdrecord -v -tao -data -speed=8 dev=ASPCI:0,0,0 cdrecord/chineseFonts.iso

The new error is that the device is not supported or no cd/dvd recorder. The speed doesn't seem to matter.

scanbus using your suggestion using atapi lists asus dvd as 0,0,0

root@Hostname:~# cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus


Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling

scsidev: 'ATAPI'

devname: 'ATAPI'

scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2

Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.

Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.

Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.

Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.

scsibus0:

0,0,0 0) 'ASUS ' 'DVD-E616A2 ' '1.03' Removable CD-ROM

0,1,0 1) *

0,2,0 2) *

0,3,0 3) *

0,4,0 4) *

0,5,0 5) *

0,6,0 6) *

0,7,0 7) *


[root@Hostname:~# cdrecord -v -tao data -speed=1 dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 cdrecord/chineseFonts.iso




Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling

TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM

scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0'

devname: 'ATAPI'

scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0

Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.

Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.

Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.

Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.

SCSI buffer size: 64512

atapi: 1

Device type : Removable CD-ROM

Version : 0

Response Format: 1

Vendor_info : 'ASUS '

Identifikation : 'DVD-E616A2 '

Revision : '1.03'

Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.

Current: 0x0000

Profile: 0x0010

Profile: 0x0008

cdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target.

root@Hostname:~#
Script done on Sun 28 Jan 2007 07:57:42 PM CST

I had to edit the typescript file to make it readable but this may stil be helpful. Is there a better burner I could download that could somehow give me support or do I need a driver, or what? I'm predicting somebody will tell me to download a more receint version of cdrecord, so I will do that unless somebody tells me it isn't worth my time. I should also mention I am using cd-r80s Thanks again ~~ Justin

The dvd lights up and innitally makes noise just to mock me.

[rong]

If you installed the Desktop Env., i.e. KDE, k3b is excellent burner.

[haleleonj]

k3b says there is no writer available. Too much work and too little learning. I have decided to let the computer win this battle. Thanks for all the help. I think perhaps Slackware was a far to ambitious distro for me. ~~ Justin