On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:41:22PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > No, it is still possible to read CDs from a CDRW drive that you've setup > using append="hdx=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf. If you have sr_mod.o compiled > into the kernel or as a loadable modules, your cdrom drive will show up > as /dev/srX or /dev/scdX (where X is the drive number the kernel sees > it as). > > If you have the modules compiled and loaded properly, you'll want to do > some playing around as root to find what device your kernel is > recognizing the drive as (ie. "mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom") and then > change your /etc/fstab file to reflect the new /dev location for the > cdrom device.
And failing that (I did); if you have sr, scsi, ide-scsi, cdrom built as modules; you can rmmod ide-scsi; modprobe cdrom to get back your ATA device, no need for a reboot or lilo.conf fiddling at all. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
