On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:05:09 +0000 "Damian G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > hi everyone, i've got a new one. ;o) > > i've been borrowed a cd-rw, so when i add it to my PC it's recognised OK > and i can mount cd's on it, as /dev/hdd . to use the CD you need SCSI emulation (this is when you make your programs thin you have a SCSI drive instead of an IDE one). to make SCSI emulation work you need to send an argument to the kernel. just login as root and edit the /etc/lilo.conf file mcedit /etc/lil.conf each kernel image should have an entry called append which usualy looks like this append=" devfs=mount" add hdd=ide-scsi to it so it would look like this append=" devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi" then run lilo to activate these changes lilo reboot your machine, and its working. but note that the device you should use for accessing the drive is /dev/scd0 thats the first scsi CD gcombust can detect the drive for itself. and you should write on CDRs when they are not mounted. cheers, Alaa
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