Quick Start

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1 Preparing to use of NeroLINUX ........................................................ 5
1.1 Software Requirements ................................................................... 5
1.2 Hardware requirements ................................................................... 5
1.3 Installing NeroLINUX........................................................................ 6
2 System configuration ........................................................................ 7
2.1 Linux kernel version ........................................................................ 7
2.1.1 Linux kernel version explanations ...................................................... 7
2.1.2 NeroLINUX requirements................................................................... 8
2.2 Devices configuration...................................................................... 8
2.2.1 Device filenames under Linux ............................................................ 8
2.2.2 IDE Devices configuration with 2.4 kernels........................................ 9
2.2.3 IDE Devices configuration with 2.6 kernels...................................... 10
2.2.4 Setting correct permissions on the devices files .............................. 10
2.2.5 Setting up DMA acceleration on IDE devices................................... 11
2.3 3
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Party System Tools Configuration .......................................... 12
2.3.1 SuSE Plugger / SuSE Watcher ........................................................ 12
2.3.2 GNOME CD Player Applet ............................................................... 12
2.3.3 KDE CD Player................................................................................. 13
2.3.4 Magicdev.......................................................................................... 13
2.3.5 KDE Autorun daemon ...................................................................... 14
2.4 Configuring NeroLINUX ................................................................. 15
2.4.1 Initial Setup and Quick Start............................................................. 15
2.4.2 Audio Setup...................................................................................... 15
3 Basic functionality and Interface concept..................................... 16
3.1 Making a CD or DVD from files stored on your computer's hard
drive................................................................................................. 20
3.2 Burning images .............................................................................. 21
3.3 Making an image bootable ............................................................ 21
3.4 Audio CD recording (Creating CDs playable on your Home
Stereo from other CDs, MP3, WAV etc.)....................................... 22
3.5 Recording Modes in NeroLINUX : How to use NeroLINUX for
Disc-At-Once recording ................................................................. 24
3.6 Creating a CD EXTRA or a Mixed Mode CD ................................. 24
3.7 How to copy a CD or a DVD........................................................... 26
3.8 Working with rewritable media ..................................................... 26
3.9 Managing multisession discs ....................................................... 28