Andreas Janssen wrote:

> Hello
>
> Madhusudan Singh (<spammers-go-here@spam.invalid>) wrote:
>
>> I have the following CDRW/DVD combo drive :
>>
>> §» cdrecord -scanbus
>> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
>
> You appear to be using cdrecord from testing or unstable. However I do
> not know what kernel you use.

I am using a custom compiled kernel 2.6.8.1.

>> And I do have hdc=ide-scsi in my /boot/grub/menu.lst (appended to the
>> kernel line).
>
> If you use kernel 2.6, you should stop using ide-scsi emulation
> completely, because there is absolutely no need for it. Using the ide
> cd driver for writing and reading works just fine for me.

Is the speed affected ? (There were big warnings when I was using 2.4.26
about this.).

Thanks for your response.