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I have Redhat 9.0 OS on my system. It came with CD writer software. I am able to play CD without any issues. But the CD writer software is not working. Is there any that I am missing, or any thing that I have to download on my PC.


Vijay.

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A concise troubleshooting checklist that complements ’s request for more detail and ’s GUI suggestion. Red Hat 9 can show media and still fail to burn for four common reasons: the kernel never exposed the drive to userland, the burning program cannot access the device node (permissions or device path), the disc is mounted/in use, or the required burning tools/drivers are missing or mismatched for IDE burners. The steps below make those causes easy to confirm.

Look for kernel detection and driver messages, then inspect the system view of the drive and its permissions:

dmesg | tail -n 80
cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/hd* /dev/sr* /dev/sg* 2>/dev/null
id
grep -i cdrom /var/log/messages

If the kernel log shows no drive at boot or on media insertion, the problem is hardware/cable/firmware. If the kernel sees the drive but the burning app reports “no device”, check ownership of the device nodes: the burn program often needs either root or membership of the cdrom (or similar) group. Running the GUI as root briefly will reveal whether the failure is a permissions issue. Also ensure the disc is not automounted—unmount any mount point before burning (for example, use umount on the device path shown above).

For a quick command-line sanity test, create a tiny ISO and write it with low-level tools (this isolates the GUI):

mkisofs -o test.iso /path/to/some/files
wodim -v dev=/dev/hdc test.iso

(Adjust the device node to match the output of the ls step.)

Notes and cautions: some older burning frontends expect SCSI-style devices while the kernel exposes IDE/ATAPI nodes—use the program’s device-selection option to point to the correct /dev entry. Given Red Hat 9’s age, missing or incompatible packages and drivers are common; if the kernel never sees the drive, hardware or kernel/driver support is the likely culprit and a modern distro will avoid many of these headaches.

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There are a few different things that could cause the problem. Can you give us more specific info to help us narrow things down:

- Which exact burning program are you using?

- You say the software "is not working"; please give us more detail on that. Do you get error messages? If so, what exactly do the errors say?

- Does the burning software even recognize that the CD drive is physically present?

- What types of files are you trying to burn (music, data, etc.?)

- As root, open a terminal window, type the following command, and see if your CD drive is detected:

cdrecord -scanbus

Member Avatar for mepnoob2005

Hi,
I have Redhat 9.0 OS on my system. It came with CD writer software. I am able to play CD without any issues. But the CD writer software is not working. Is there any that I am missing, or any thing that I have to download on my PC.


Vijay.

Hello...does redhat come with K3b ? K3b is an awesome cd burner app.I simply put in a cd and click copy ,and in four or five minutes I have a hard copy of the cd to play in the car or wherever.You can apt-get K3b
Maybe your cd writng software has to be set up .try opening up your cd writer and right click on it to see if a set up page comes up.If it does set yourself as an expert in the 'beginner,intermediate,expert' setting box...One more thing have you tried mepis? Definately one of the easiest to put on the hard drive,and really point and click action(No seting of drivers and such.All auto-detect)....have a good one...k :D :D

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