gtoaster not working

[David Balazic]

> ----------
> From: 	Alexander Dalloz[SMTP:alexander.dalloz at uni-bielefeld.de]
> Reply To: 	fedora-list at redhat.com
> Sent: 	13. januar 2004 19:43
> To: 	fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: 	Re: gtoaster not working
> 
> Am Di, den 13.01.2004 schrieb David Balazic um 17:08:
> > I just installed FC1.
> > ATAPI burner is on hda
> > 
> > Log in as normal user, click "CD Writer" in menu, gtoaster is started.
> > Problems :
> >  - right at start it asks me for the root password
> >  - it does not seem to detect any CD writer
> >  - I can't burn a CD :-(
> > 
> > What is the current situation with gtoaster. Is it supposed to work out
> of
> > the box ?
> > Does it require some configuration ?
> > How can I tell that everything is OK ( I am looking at its window, how
> can I
> > tell that
> > the CD burner is detected ? )
> > 
> > Regards,
> > David
> 
> With kernel 2.4 you need to pass a kernel parameter in grub.conf or
> lilo.conf at boot time like
> 
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2140.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
> 
> which is for the grub.conf. Note the hdX=ide-scsi. For lilo.conf it
> would be a separate line
> 
> append="hdX=ide-scsi"
> 
> Where always the X in hdX must fit the CD-writer drive letter like c or
> d.
> 
> Alexander
> 
Hmm, I used a boot floppy. Maybe it left out this parameter. I'll check ...