question, do you have it setup through ide-scsi (the module used in the append= line)? I have an hp drive here (hp cd-r 8000+) and according to HP, its not supported in linux (and yet I have it working for all except DAO mode). it works ok, but I'd like to find a cd-rw that supports writing of cdda and vcd formats. Technomage On Saturday 02 February 2002 03:39, you wrote: > I guess that the model would have helped a little on that question. It > is a cd24ri. HP says there is no linux support of course that means that > hp just has a bunch of drones on their support line giving no brainer > responses to questions (what does a company expect though when they pay > support people 10 bucks a hour). I have done some poking around and it > appears that there are some programs which will create a iso9660 image. > The question is how to dump that image to the hp drive's controller (ok > I know that is what the driver is supposed to do). Since linux treats > everything as a file I was thinking that maybe the image can just be > dumped to the drive, at that point shouldn't the controller see that the > incoming data is a iso image and write start writing data to a cd? Or am > I oversimplifying the process? > > Craig S. > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss