On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:29,Mike Andrew scribed: > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:29, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > > Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > > "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > > the ? means use the letter b,c or d. Ie whichever is your cd ide drive. > > PS: > > IF you are running a 2.4 kernel the append is not necessary. Instead, you > *could* edit /etc/rc.local and type the magic words > > /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
Unfortunately this is distro dependent, or would seem so as in Suse the cdrom drive I want as scsi is not seen as scsi until the append is inserted. Also the cdrecoder is appended in lilo as a default. Mandrake acts differently again. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
