Connecting a Hewlett Packard 8210e USB CDR/RW Drive to Linux
This is an excellent guide which I used, this article is just a summary of it:
http://mobilix.org/linux_usb_cd.html
All credit should go to them!
NB: Another ALUG'er has done a similar article on his website: http://www.wizball.co.uk/linux_article.php?id=17 Prerequisites:
- Kernel V2.4.0-test8+
- cdrecord V1.10a4+
- modutils-2.3.15+
- usbmgr V0.3.5+
- a computer
- a Hp 8210e CD-Writer
Most modern distros automatically fulfill these prerequisites, except perhaps usbmgr. It certainly works in Mandrake 8.0 and Redhat 7.2. If anyone has got this going in Debian 2.2 PLEASE add details here!
If your Kernel is pre 2.4.0 , you will need to download and compile a kernel. It's easier than it sounds, but make sure you choose a stable version, and have the docs at hand (a printout is a good idea!) Summary of Steps
- Compile a kernel with SCSI, USB, USB Mass Storage, UHCI (for Intel, use OHCI for PPC's/iMacs), support as modules.
- Download, compile and install usbmgr
- Edit /etc/usbmgr/usbmgr.conf :
- Uncomment the line: host usb-uhci
- Using the examples in the conf file, add the following to the end of the STORAGE section: vendor 0x3f0 product 0x107 module scsi_mod, sr_mod, usb-storage
- Run this command:- update_usbdb usbmgr.conf
- run usbmgr. It won't give any output, except to /var/log/messages.
- Plug in and power on the HP 8210e. Put in a CD-Rom and try to mount it (in Redhat 7.2, it will do this automatically).
Gnometoaster and XCDRoast are really good front-ends to use, try them to get yourself burning CD's quickly!
If you run into any problems, refer to the website mentioned above. All I had to do with a fairly default install of Redhat 7.2 was download and install usbmgr, do the configuration above and it worked. No kernel recompile necessary!
Ricardo
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