[ale] Using IDE CDRW Drives

[jfondow]

I have the an Acer CDR-W working great with xcdroast, but how do you get
the RW functionality?  I have CDR-W disks but haven't been able to use
them only the cdr's.  TIA

Mike Fletcher wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "smnoldelinux" == smnoldelinux  <smnoldelinux at mediaone.net> writes:
> 
>     smnoldelinux> Has anyone used an IDE CDRW drive? And what software
>     smnoldelinux> were you using?  It seems to me cdrecord uses just
>     smnoldelinux> SCSI devices (and I have none of those).
> 
>         I've got an ACER 4x4x32 IDE CDRW that works fine under linux
> (once upgraded to a recent firmware version).  Get the CD burning
> HOWTO and follow its instructions on how to setup the ide-tscsi
> emulation modules and you should be ready to go (assuming you've got a
> supported model of CDRW drive).
> 
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