hi i am trying to copy CD with k3b and each time i get error, i changed the blanks and tried to copy other CDs but it is the same can anyone help me with this plz here is the error : Devices ----------------------- SAMSUNG DVD R/RW SH-W08A 1S31 (/dev/hda, ) at /media/cdrecorder [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; RAW/R96R] System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.11.23 KDE Version: 3.4.1-0.fc4.1 Red Hat QT Version: 3.3.4 Kernel: 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 cdrecord ----------------------- scsidev: '/dev/hda' devname: '/dev/hda' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. Error trying to open /dev/hda exclusively ... retrying in 1 second. /usr/bin/cdrecord: Device or resource busy. Cannot open '/dev/hda'. Cannot open SCSI driver. /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. /usr/bin/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM cdrecord comand: ----------------------- /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/hda speed=32 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /tmp/kde-root/k3b_0.iso any help would be appreciated thanks in advance -- Ahmed Abdel-Aliem Web Developer www.ApexScript.com 0101108551 registered Linux user number 382789