> > 1. After booting up I can use xcdroast after I > load the module ide-scsi with modprobe. Everything > else needed gets loaded automatically. Then, if > I want to mount and read a cdrom I can do it, but > only aftet unloading ide-scsi.
When you load the ide-scsi module, the cdrom is not any longer reached as /dev/hdx but as /dev/scdx. If you have a symbolic link /dev/cdrom pointing to /dev/hdx it will not work while you have the ide-scsi loaded. > > 2. The other way around, if I mount a cdrom before > using xcdroast, then I can not use xcdroast, even > after > unloading modules associated with cdrom such as > ide-cd. Now, you use the cdrom as ide so you can't load the ide-scsi module. > > What is the best way to be able to use both cdrom > to read a cd and xcdroast for cd writing? > There are 2 ways (or more): 1. You load the ide-scsi module automatelly (add it in /etc/modules) 2. You (re)compile the kernel with the ide-scsi option on (not as a module). In both cases you remake the /dev/crdom and/or /dev/cdwriter to point to the scsi drivers. I use the second option, so I have: /dev/cdrom: symbolic link to scd0 /dev/cdwriter: symbolic link to scd1 were in fact (without the ide-scsi) I would have /dev/cdrom: symbolic link to hdb /dev/cdwriter: symbolic link to hdd I hope this helps. Ionel P.S. Have you looked at CD-writer HOWTO? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
