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Did you try GCombust for burning CDs?

I find it easier to use than bashburn, and it is small and fast, too.

It ain't Nero but it gets the job done. The Nero-like cd burning programs for Linux are all too big to fit inside the default DSL distro.

Hi cbagger:

The problem is żhow can I get and configure the GCombust burner?

Regards.

*/Teobromina/*

cdrecord is built into DSL version 0.6+

From the Gcombust preferences window, click on the "Detect SCSI" button and it will find the settings for your cd burner.

Good Luck.

Does DSL do the usual Linux hate thing if you have an ATAPI burner and try burning using scsi emulation ? I have that problem with my Fedora install - gotta set your boot config to say "hdc=ide-cdrom" in order to burn, because ide-scsi just pukes trying to find the burner, even when doing a "dev=ATAPI -scanbus".

I've never been able to make the boxburn thing work on DSL, but then again, I'm sometimes really stupid.

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>>PhrozenFear

DSL is based on 2.4.22 Linux kernel and it supports CD burning via SCSI emulation as opposed to direct IDE/ATAPI access.

However, the knoppix autoconfig scripts and boot parameters should automatically configure the SCSI emulation for you if your CD burner is located on your primary or secondary IDE controllers.

Both GCombust and Bashburn use the cdrecord utility to do the actual burning, so if the problem is related to cdrecord, then you are out of luck with either app.

However, GCombust is easier to use and the Preferences tab contains a "Detect SCSI" button that when pushed will make the app attempt to automatically configure your SCSI settings for burning.

It's a small download, so it's probably worth it to try.

Good Luck.

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