SI Reasoning wrote: >I just modularized ide-cd floppy. I have to say... I >can't tell the difference in use of the dvd/cdrom >drive between ide-cd and ide-scsi. I had to change my >fstab to /dev/cdrom0 (for /dev/hdb) and that was the >only difference. > For the most part I can't tell any difference, except-
The main reason I care about this stuff is that I am playing with generating bootable cdroms. And some time ago I tried the simple path of just not using ide-cd at all, and it _seemed_ to me that my bootable cdrom started failing more often (with relatively old atapi-cdrom drives). I didn't exactly meticulously prove that it was the fault of the ide-scsi+sr_mod vs ide-cd, but I just went on the gut feeling that ide-cd is probably way more tested and polished than ide-scsi+sr_mod. So I went down the path of modularizing, and using ide-cd to boot, then being able to remove it and use ide-scsi in case I wanted to use a cdburner. >Since I have an older cooker, those >changes may have already been made. Ide-cd is loaded >by default, how can I change that? > I posted a request about a week ago that ide-cd be modularized by default. For the masses it probably requires much more thought that I'm willing to give it. But I'm just letting people know that its possible, especially since that append="hdd=ide-scsi" stuff seems like the ugliest kludge in the world, for something as common as a cdburner. -dmc
