how to replace CDburner with DVDburner?

[Shayne Patton]

Jason Clinton wrote:

> chris wrote:
>
>> Of course, I have no /dev/pg*.  I unpulgged the drive and powered up, 
>> let the "hardware detection" tell me it was gone, then powered off 
>> and plugged it back in, and let "hardware detection" tell me it was 
>> added, but no change in scanbus results.
>> Next step suggestion?
>
>
> Besides not using Mandrake (heh), you could try cdrecord dev=help and 
> seeing what options are available. Then try some of those options like 
> "cdrecord -scanbus dev=SCSI:"
>
> In the 2.4 Kernel series which you are using because it was included 
> with Mandrake, CD recording is done through SCSI emulation. If 
> something in the Mandrake hardware detect script is broken (likely), 
> that may be turned off. If you're feeling up to it, I can explain how 
> to fix it but its quite involved for a beginner and the intricate 
> quirks of Mandrake may get in the way.

Forgot, also, you can check /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab.  There should be a 
cdrom and then another entry for the same device.  This is going to be 
the emulated (scsi) drive.  It's been awhile since Mandrake, but w/ a 
dvd writer, you may actually have 2 additional drives.  Anyway, if you 
don't then it's almost certain this is where the problem is.  If you do, 
post the fstab and mtab, along w/ info about booting scsi emulation and 
stuff.  We'll see what we can figure out.  May be something else, but 
this is the best starting point I think.