Frequently Asked Questions

Status
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Q: What is the copyright status of icedax?

A: icedax is software copyrighted by Heiko Eissfeldt and others, and
   released under the General Public License from the Free Software
   Foundation (see file GPL).

Compilation
===========


Q: What are the requirements to run icedax?

A: All operating systems that are supported by wodim should also be able to
   run icedax. Currently DOS and Windows are not covered.
   Requirements of previous versions of icedax have been cut down for the
   sake of portability. Features like fork(), realtime scheduling, or shared
   memory are all optional now. You need Cmake and its dependencies, an
   ANSI C compiler and a C library to build icedax
   on a supported operating system. To run icedax, a SCSI transport
   implementation for the os, a cdrom or cd burner device to read from, and
   at least say 65K of memory for buffers are needed.


Q: Why does it not compile under Linux, although I am using the newest kernel?

A: There have been changes in the generic driver by Douglas Gilbert, that are
   in its first release not compatible with the scsi library from Joerg
   Schilling. We are working on this problem...
   In the meantime better do not use this variant, use the older one instead.


Q: Why does it not compile using standard make?

A: Like wodim, icedax uses the cmake system, which requires a
   sophisticated make program like GNU make.
   Pure posix make functionality is not enough.

Setting Up (for now Linux only)
===============================


Q: Should I use scsi emulation or the eide driver for my ATAPI cdrom drive?

A: Scsi emulation is preferred, since it enables icedax to use more commands
   and is often the only way to get special information like track titles with
   cd-text. The emulation module is called ide-scsi, the eide module is called
   ide-cd.


Q: How can I use my parallel-port-connected cdrom with icedax?

A: Under Linux there is a driver, that makes this device under SCSI
   emulation available. For more information see the wodim documentation.


Q: How do I check, if the current Linux kernel does support generic SCSI?

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