Re: [Dvdrtools-users] What to do with a Nero .nrg image

[André Dalle]

Well, I have to admit this is certainly a creative solution!

I hope I can get away with the trial versions of VMware and Nero.

Thanks for the tips - I'll try this out.  

On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 03:36:59AM +0100, Robert M. Stockmann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> What i did is install vmware for linux and run a win2k prof guest machine.
> Install your Nero version inside that guest OS. 
> 
> Normally if the Pioneer A04 is secondary master ( /dev/hdc ) it would
> probably be likewise connected inside vmware's configuration editor.
> But then you get a VMware ATAPI CDROM, which won't be able to burn.
> What you do is, remove /dev/hdc from vmware and also make sure
> the module ide-cd.o is not loaded, but only ide-scsi.o and sg.o.
> 
> With cat /proc/scsi/scsi you can see the Pioneer A04 show up as a scsi
> cdrom. Here's an example :
> 
> [jackson:stock]:(~)$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi 
> Attached devices: 
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: IBM      Model: DDYS-T18350N     Rev: S96H
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: IBM      Model: DDYS-T18350N     Rev: S93E
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: IBM      Model: DDYS-T18350N     Rev: SA2A
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: PLEXTOR  Model: CD-ROM PX-40TS   Rev: 1.13
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 04 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: PLEXTOR  Model: CD-R   PX-W1210S Rev: 1.00
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 05 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: HP       Model: C1130A           Rev: 3614
>   Type:   Processor                        ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: PIONEER  Model: DVD-ROM DVD-116  Rev: 1.09
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: PIONEER  Model: DVD-RW  DVR-105  Rev: 1.21
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> 
> In this list the PIONEER  Model: DVD-RW  DVR-105 is the 4th scsi cdrom
> player, so that would be /dev/scd3 . 
> 
> So inside the configuration editor of your vmware guest OS, remove 
> /dev/hdc from the IDE Drives section. 
> Then add /dev/scd3 inside the SCSI Devices section as e.g.
> SCSI 0:0 CD-ROM(raw access) and choose as name of the device /dev/scd3 .
> 
> Inside win2k prof the new SCSI cdrom will show up as your real Pioneer
> A04 with all features available, which includes burning. Make sure
> to also install the Adaptec ASPI drivers. I did already do this for
> the Plextor CD-R PX-W1210S and i was able to burn with cdrwin. 
> You might have a try with nero.
> 
> Robert
> -- 
> Robert M. Stockmann - RHCE
> Network Engineer - UNIX Consultant
> crashrecovery.org  address@hidden
> 

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