I'll assume YDL 3 is working properly. It does matter, in resolving this particular problem, whether your hardware is Old World or New World AND whether you are using BootX or yaboot. The procedure to address this kind of problem is different according to which kind of hardware you are using.
However, after the above is determined you should as superuser run cdrecord and discover whether cdrecord sees the DVD at all. If cdrecord cannot see the device, neither will the kernel. The challenge is to load the get the kernel to load the correct driver so that cdrecord can see the device (as a just another device on the SCSI chain) and THEN you should be able to use it.
Some background reading material is available at:
http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/start/BootX+and+ide-scsi
and a reference leading to another website:
http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Updating+YDL/Doing+things+as+root/ A+referral+regarding+using+Modprobe%2C+Kerneld%2C+and+Insmod
When you get to http://www.linux-sxs.org./ make sure you read the links listed in the Bedtime Reading section. Of course, that website is chock full of stuff, but it is not specific to YDL. It is related to Linux however and it may give you a different foundation than just what is provided at the YDL FAQ site.
Should your system be New World you should be able to execute the ide-scsi driver as superuser from the command line or perhaps more convenient include the sequence "hda=ide-scsi" in a script or dot file so that it is executed everytime you login. Of course, you will replace hda for whatever nomenclature your system utiliizes.
Best wishes....
On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:26 AM, Dylan wrote:
I had a look in the archives and couldn't find anything....
I have a Formac DVD-/+RW drive that connects via firewire. I am trying to configure YDL 3.0 to connect to it, but to no avail. Has anyone come across this or a similar problem? Can anyone guide me to a fix? If anyone can, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
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