In whi "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Buchan Milne wrote: > > > No. Sorry, I didn't read ALL of the post. > > > > <snip> > > btw, ide-scsi IS in the mandrake default kernels, I only use > > ditribution-standard kernels on my home machine since I reinstall it > > quite often to check different distros out, and since it multiboots to > > NT and 98, I don't have enough space to keep kernel source lying around. > > As I was saying, I have a CD-RW on this machine, and Mandrake 7.1 picks > > it up during install and it works immediately, Redhat requires you to > > add the line to /etc/conf.modules, and adding the drive after Mandrake > > 7.1 installation would also require this. > > > > Regards, > > Buchan > > The problem is/was is that this is an installation of a CD-RW into an existing system > - I am trying not to have to reinstall 7.1 I'm sure that it (the intall) would pick > up on the cd if it were present at the time. > I did mention above that this means you need to (using a stock mandrake kernel): 1)Add an append="hdx=ide-scsi" where x is one of a,b,c,d to either grub or lilo's config file 2)Add an entry in /etc/fstab for mounting the drive when reading from it There's no need (is there any benefit, anyone ?) to have both devices as ide-scsi. Buchan > Thanks, > -- > Joseph S Gardner > > Senior Designer / Technical Support > Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The box said, > "Requires Windows 3.x or better", > so I got Linux. > > Registered Linux user #1696600 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--------------------------------------------------------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.sun.ac.za/cae South Africas first satellite: http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------|
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