HyCD Publisher for UNIX

Following are helpful hints and fixes for common questions:

Question:  Is there a patch to allow a Sun Solaris system to boot with the recorder on. At this time I have to boot with the recorder off before launching your software.

Answer:  Yes, you can configure the file associated with Volume Daemon by doing the following:
Set the following line in vold.conf to be:
use cdrom drive /dev/rdsk/c0*s2 dev_cdrom.so cdrom%d

From the original:
use cdrom drive /dev/rdsk/c*s2 dev_cdrom.so cdrom%d

Please reference Sun's web site at http://docs.sun.com.

Question:  Why can't I run Publisher as a normal user under UNIX?

Answer :  To run Publisher under UNIX as a user, the user must fulfill three
conditions.  First, the user must be able to access and execute the program
files used by Publisher. Second, the user must run Publisher (cdrpub) in a
directory where he/she has full permissions. Third, the user must have
full permissions to the recording device itself.

For SGI, the permissions for the device can be found in /dev/scsi.
For Sun systems, the device will be displayed as a link in /dev/sg.  You
must follow this link to the actual file and change the permissions.

The root user must change the read and write permissions for the desired
group and/or others to access the device.

Warning:
Change only the permission of the device file which the CD Recorder is
connected to.  Do not change the permission of all the device to 666.  By
doing so, you will pose a security risk that allows any users to over write
the data disk.
 

Question:  I am getting Bad Host ID error. What do I do?

Answer:  Bad Host ID can be caused by two potential problems:
1. You run Register on one system to generate the password request and run the software with the password on a different system.
To fix this: Please run Register on the system you will be running the software.

2. You are not using the correct version of Registration Code that matches your version of the software.
To fix this:
If you are running the latest version without upgrading to version 6.X, please upgrade first,    or, continue to run your older version with your existing Registration Code.

Question:  What CD Recorders do you support?

Answer:  Our new CD recording engine will support all of the new recorders including Yamaha and Plextor.  It also has a self configuration capability to support future recorders.

The best way to check and see if the software and hardware combination will work for you is to download our software and activate the 10 day eval.
 

Question:  I can not find my Registration Code, how can I upgrade?

Answer: Your Registration Code is your proof of purchase.  We do not keep it for you.Please find it so that you can purchase upgrade.

You can download the software and begin to use it right after your purchase, or you can order a CD and have it shipped to you.

Question:  I recorded a CD but it is unable to read back?
Answer:
1. Please use a CD-R rather than CD-RW disc because most UNIX CD readers can not read back CD-RW discs.
2. Please use a standard supported CD reader to read the CD-R. Do not use the CD-RW drive as a CD reader because most CD-RW drives only support reader function for PC, not for UNIX.
3. Since you are in a multi-user multi-processing environment, would you try:
   a. Src=File List, Dest=Image File, record
   b. Src=Image File, Dest=CD-R, record @ 2X
This way, we try to elimiate any possibility of Data Under-run.

Hint: In the UNIX environment, depending on how busy your SCSI port is, you should be able to record at 2X using Image On-the-Fly; 4X-8X using Image File, 12X using Virtual Disk.