root wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to be upgrading to a new ide burner...the HP 9300I and
> need to know some information.
> #1, how well does it work in Linux
> #2, will I have to recompile the kernel to make it into an emulated
> scsi device?
>
> If the kernel must be recompiled, I have a recomendation for the
> kernel crew: Build the kernel so that atapi devices such as burners are
> automatically setup as scsi emulation. I know how to build the kernel,
> but always end up pulling my hair out when I build a custom kernel.
>
> B. K. Barley
I have just installed the HP8250i as a backup device (they are basically
the same, but the 9300I is faster). You don't need to do anything, just
add
hda=ide-scsi
to the boot line in grub. My menu.lst file has the lines:
title kernel-2.2.16-9mdksmp
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.2.16-9mdksmp root=/dev/sda5 vga=0x0f06
hda=ide-scsi
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.2.16-9mdksmp.img
Which makes the writer (on /dev/hda normally) an IDE-SCSI device. It
also makes the slave device an IDE-SCSI device, and if you don't want
this you need to add an ignore=
argument. Since I use a SCSI system, I don't care. Even if you do have
a slave device (I just happen to have a Zip drive there) it is still
available, it's just got a SCSI name. This may be marginally less
efficient than directly accessing it, but I suspect this is pretty
marginal.
Make the edit and reboot. Then "cdrecord -scanbus" will list it.
If you want to use it for backups, check out Fraser McCrossan's
excellent cddump program. Really nice to be able to take a set of CDs
into work in the certain knowlege that if the house burns down, I'll
still be able to re-load everything on any machine anywhere (almost) :-)
/Kevin
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