On Tuesday 24 Jun 2003 16:48, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > Well I tried exactly that (hdd=ide-scsi in grub.conf) with ide-scsi > as module, but k3b says it finds no cd-rw device; and besides I > cannot read any cd anymore?? I know this is due to the 'hdd=ide-scsi' > in grub.conf because when I remove that I can read cd's as usual. > My cd-burner works perfectly with all other distros I have tried. > What did I miss?
OK, the hdd=ide-scsi in grub.conf is right...next check out /etc/devfs.conf: # Give the cdrw group write permissions to /dev/sg0 # This is done to have non root user use the burner (scan the scsi bus) REGISTER ^scsi/host.*/bus.*/target.*/lun.*/generic PERMISSIONS root.cdrw 660 # Create /dev/cdrom for the first cdrom drive LOOKUP ^cdrom$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink cdroms/cdrom0 cdrom REGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname cdrom UNREGISTER ^cdroms/cdrom0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink cdrom # Create /dev/cdrw for the first cdrom on the scsi bus # (change 'sr0' to suite your setup) LOOKUP ^cdrw$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink sr0 cdrw REGISTER ^sr0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname cdrw UNREGISTER ^sr0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink cdrw ...and change the entry in /etc/fstab for /mnt/cdrom from /dev/hdd to /dev/sr0 Then you should be good to go. Peter -- ================================================== Gentoo Linux: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.8p1 kernel-2.4.21_rc8-gss i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ ================================================== -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list