Re: [newbie] CD-rom

[Brent Timmer]

Here's a message I got from someone else.     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   First become root and edit the /etc/lilo.conf and add append="hdd=ide-scsi" to it. Here is mine:   /etc/lilo.config   boot=/dev/hda6 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 append="hdd=ide-scsi" image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdksmp  label=linux  root=/dev/hda11  initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdksmp.img  read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-19mdk  label=linux-up  root=/dev/hda11  initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.9-19mdk.img  read-only other=/dev/hda1  label=dos  table=/dev/hda       You then need to run lilo to update the boot files:       lilo   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Then, add the following lines at the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local:   /etc/rc.d/rc.local         /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi       /sbin/modprobe sg       This will configure your CD-RW to emulate a SCSI device.       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------optional   I had an error message about block-major-11 so I added this change:   /etc/config.modules alias scsi_hostadapter0 ide-scsi alias scsi_hostadapter1 advansys alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start alias sound es1370 alias block-major-11 ide-scsi   Note that I have a real SCSI card installed for a Jaz drive and I had to change the alias for the Advansys SCSI card and add one for the IDE.       --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   The last step is to link /dev/cdrom to your CD-RW. Only do this if you want your CD-R to be your CD-ROM device and it isn't currently your CD-ROM device.    ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom   Reboot!   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------   To make sure everything works. As root type:    cdrecord -scanbus   My results were: Cdrecord release 1.8a22 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 Jörg Schilling scsibus0:     0) *     1) *     2) *     3) *     4) 'iomega  ' 'jaz 1GB         ' 'H.72' Removable Disk     5) *     6) *     7) * scsibus1:   100) 'HP      ' 'CD-Writer+ 7200 ' '3.01' Removable CD-ROM   101) *   102) *   103) *   104) *   105) *   106) *   107) *       I hope that this helps you.       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Eunice Thompson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 11:41 AM Subject: [newbie] CD-rom I'm unable to use either of my CD drives ( one is a CD burner) in Mandrake 7.0 they are both Atapi/IDE drives. I' ve read posts and articles about recompiling the kernel  to change the IDE to scsi . that doesn't seem to work because I really don't have any idea what I'm doing.   Anyway my question is can I reinstall Mandrake and when it ask if I have scsi devices , should I check yes? Will this clear up the problem?