Guillaume,
----- Original Message ----- From: "Guillaume Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Robert Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] IDE CD-ROM Not Recognized/ASUS P4B533 MB > "Robert Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Mandrake Linux 9 with ASUS P4B533 motherboard and TDK 40/12/48 or > > Creative 12/10/32x IDE CD-ROM. > > CD-ROM starts with auto-boot, displays > > Mandrake install display and multiple initial steps including correctly > > finding IDE hard drives. Message then states that no CD-ROM found and asks > > for SCSI CD-ROM driver. CD-ROM is IDE connected. > > Can you copy the messages you can see on consoles 3 and 4? > > > (Suggestions/comments from David & Nico in another forum: > > 1) Make sure the cdrw is marked as a cd-rom in the bios/cmos. Not Auto. > > 2) CDRW drives are recognized as scsi under linux, so the ide-scsi module > > must be loaded. If the 1st trick doesn't work try this: > > a) Instead of hitting enter to continue,press F1 to get to the > > "prompt". > > b) type: linux hdb=ide-scsi > > (change hdb to match you system's configuration) > > c) Now hit Enter. > > "CDRW drives are recognized as scsi under linux" is not exactly > true; and this trick won't work for the install since ide-scsi is > not supported during install. > > Actually the trick is here because the burning programs must use > SCSI lowlevel access for burning, it's not to "access" the CDROM > at all. The CDROM is IDE accessible like if it was not a burner. > > > Only kind of. The difficulty is that the "cdrecord" program at the root of > > most Linux CD recording software was written specifically for SCSI, and has > > never been *taught* how to handle IDE. Other programs, such as music or > > video playing or auto-mounting software handle an IDE CD-RW just fine for > > such uses. > > Ah, you knew it. Sorry. > > > Also, ignore the kernel boot wackiness: that was one of the stupidest bits > > of bad advice ever written by a freeware author. Use an init script at boot > > time to say "gee, do I have any IDE CD drives? I should load up the ide-scsi > > driver!". This is because once the driver is loaded for the first IDE SCSI > > drive, it's available for *ALL* of them. And adding the loading to the LILO > > or grub setup just makes things more fragile there: this is perfectly > > effective as an after-boot-time function, especially if you compile kernels > > without loadable modules.) > > -- > Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/ > Guillaume, Thank you for the follow-up. The install functions normally up to identifying the IDE hard drives, there is then a scan of the USB ports that correctly identifies no connected devices. The next message is that there is "No CD-ROM". The display then offers a series of possible SCSI driver modules. Robbie
