Okay, I have finally got the thing working. Using dev=ATAPI never worked for the -scanbus. However, I realized that I had put the "append=..." line in the wrong place in lilo.conf. Now everything is working nicely. I can read CD-ROM and DVD-ROM. I will try burning a test CD soon. I believe I can do a test without actually writing to the CD, but if not that's okay too.
Thanks for all the help and suggestions, and I am sorry if I caused any frustration. On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 05:38:05PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Brad Camroux: > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 04:13:22PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > > Incoming from Brad Camroux: > > > > > > > > /dev/dvd /dvd iso9660 defaults,user,noauto,ro 0 0 > > > ..^^^^^^^^ > > > > > > Change that to /dev/hdc > > > > Well... I commented out the "append ..." line in lilo.conf, and now > > the command 'mount /dvd' works fine, even for non-root users. Only > > thing now is that I worry I won't be able to write to blank > > KEEP THAT THOUGHT. > > > > get negative results with > > > > # cdrecord --scanbus > > > > or > > > > # cdrecord --scanbus dev=/dev/xxx > > Now that YOU'RE NOT USING IT AS A SCSI DEVICE: > > cdrecord --scanbus dev=ATAPI > > > > request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted > > request_module[scsi_hostadapter]: Root fs not mounted > > i2o_scsi.c: Version 0.0.1 > > chain_pool: 0 bytes @ c5fc2460 > > (512 byte buffers X 4 can_queue X 0 i2o controllers) > > </SNIP> > > > > Seems to me that the SCSI adapter was (is) not being loaded. > > Yes, because YOU'RE NO LONGER TELLING THE KERNEL IT'S A SCSI DEVICE, > which is what the append line in lilo.conf did. I realize that, but in my previous attempts I was getting the exact same messages. I didn't realize then that the "append=..." line was in the wrong location in lilo.conf. > > IFF you have a recent kernel, it may work better as ATAPI. IFF you > have an older kernel, YOU MUST USE IT AS A SCSI DEVICE. Yes, it > mounts fine. Your object, though, is to use it as a burner. -- +--------------------------+-------------------------------+ |Brad Camroux | === http://www.debian.org === | |Student | ============================= | |Geophysics & Applied Math | Proud admin and user of Debian| |University of Calgary | since 2003... because Red Hat | |Calgary, AB, Canada | just didn't cut it | +--------------------------+-------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
