tlug: CD-RW

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Domenico Carlucci writes:
 > Hi everyone, 
 > 
 > I bought a CD-RW Yamaha and a SCSI card for my laptop. 
 > 
 > I installed it on W95, but it doesn't work. 
 > I can read any CD-Rom inside, but I can't write or format anything. 
What do you mean by format? What kind of software do you use to write?
 > 
 > Now, I'm going to install it on Linux and I do not know actually 
 > which drivers I should use, when I compile teh kernel. 
 > 
 > But first, I have a doubt: the CD-RW device has two ports on the back
 > and I connected the ScSi card to port 1. What about the other port? 
 > Should it be closed with a hat?
 > 
 > 
 > thank you, 
 > 
 > Domenico Carlucci
Since it is a SCSI device it needs to have two ports to allow other
devices to be connected to the SCSI bus. You should check if the SCSI
bus is terminated. I know from my CD-RW that it has a switch to turn
on the termination. If the SCSI bus is not terminated you can get
errors. 


Marcus

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