Thanks for the follow-up. I experimented and I found adding
'append="hdc=ide-scsi" to /etc/lilo.conf did not work for me. In further
testing, this is what I have come up with as providing guaranteed results
every time. Hopefully this will work for others:
Append to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
/sbin/insmod/st
/sbin/insmod/ide-scsi
- line 1 installs the scsi tape module at boot
- line 2 installs the ide-scsi emulation at boot
The resulting /var/log/message output after boot that I get is as follows:
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max buffers 5,
s/g segs 16.
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE
ATAPI devices
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Vendor: Seagate Model: STT20000A
Rev: 8A51
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Type: Sequential-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0,
id 0, lun 0
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Vendor: MITSUMI Model: CD-ROM FX4824T!B
Rev: Q01E
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Type: CD-ROM
ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel
0, id 1, lun 0
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x cd/rw xa/form2
cdda tray
Jan 10 19:22:23 e-smith kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10
Also had to make a change in /etc/fstab to reflect the IDE CD-ROM now also
using scsi emulation as follows:
old = /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
new = /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
Regards,
Darrell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Hards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:37 AM
> To: Darrell May
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] 4.1B2 & SCSI Emulation
>
>
> Darrell May wrote:
> > Two Questions:
> >
> > 1) Under e-smith is the '/etc/rc.d/rc.local' the correct
> location for
> > loading these modules?
> On my system (well the one with the CD-RW), the ide-scsi code is
> compiled into the kernel. I use
> append "hda=ide-scsi"
> in my lilo to make sure that only this device is moved to scsi space.
> Maybe one of the e-smith guys can talk about the "e-smith way"?
>
> > 2) The ide-scsi module seems to provide the best software
> compatibility.
> > Does anyone have any comments or experiences with long term
> usage of this
> > module either for ide tape or ide CDRW devices?
> It is essential for CDRW with the cdrecord tool (which is
> under most of
> the GUIs), and I've used it with good results.
> I don't have a tape drive yet, so not sure about this.
>
