Jesper Nyholm Jensen wrote: > > Hi > I have a similar problem. I added an extra hd on my machine and therefore > changede the primary/secondary, master/slave settings for my dvd/cdrom > and cdrw. Now, when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus' it finds my dvd/cdrom and > no cdrw?!? > The line 'devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi quiet' is already in my lilo.conf. > -- > Jesper Nyholm Jensen
<snip> Jesper, Inside the box are at least two ATA (once called IDE) data cables. A combination of the master-slave or single relationship, and the cable used determines the drive letter following hd. The table Charles gave, i expand on here. | Single/Master/Slave | Cable | hdX | +---------------------+---------+-----+ | Single | Primary | hda | +---------------------+---------+-----+ | Master | Primary | hda | | Slave | Primary | hdb | +---------------------+---------+-----+ | Single |Secondary| hdc | +---------------------+---------+-----+ | Master |Secondary| hdc | | Slave |Secondary| hdd | +---------------------+---------+-----+ Therefore in Linux the designating letter is set by the hardware location. So if, when you installed your second drive you changed your CD-RW to a slave you will have to change the appropriate reference letter for it. As advised by others, you do this both in "lilo.conf" and "/etc/fstab" files. Hope that helps. Michael -- You will live a long, healthy, happy life and make bags of money.
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