On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, R. David Whitlock wrote:
> Hrm. OK, here's one I don't understand...
>
> I am trying to follow the directions on the website at
> http://www.whitem.demon.co.uk/idescsi_idx.htm
> for getting a cd-burner to work under Mandrake 6.0 using scsi emulation.
> I have also seen this posted a time or two, with the same answer, but
> neither the man pages or online looking seems to give a different answer.
>
> At the stage in the directions where you alter the lilo.conf file to add a
> parameter to pass the kernel, the following is a sample from my lilo.conf
> file:
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=lin
> root=/dev/hda5
> read-only
> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
>
> However, on reboot, my kernel flashes by the following message:
>
> [david@pandora david]# dmesg|more
> Linux version 2.2.9-27mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
> pgcc-2.91
> .66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Mon Jun 14 16:44:05 CEST 1999
> Detected 434328240 Hz processor.
> ide_setup: hdd= -- BAD OPTION
> ide_setup: ide-scsi -- BAD OPTION
>
> What syntax error am I commiting, and what is supposed to be going on
> here? I can load the ide-scsi module, and I think scsi emulation is built
> in to the kernel, but i still get this on startup:
dmesg |grep CD, says?
I think you got the wrong device is your Burner the Seconday slave?
> scsi : 0 hosts.
> scsi : detected total.
>
> What's with the errors?
>
> Later,
> David
>
> "Without the Law, there is no Liberty. Without Justice, there is no Law."
>
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