Are you sure you need the "opti" parameter? At 02:56 PM 3/28/2001, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm passing a message in lilo.conf in the line: > append="opti hdc=ide-scsi" >and then the boot messages report >hdc: driver not present > >I feel like I'm making progress but being a dummy about it; >I didn't think there was a specific mod for the burner, > >Other messages from 'dmesg', before that error message, are > ide-setup: hdc=ide-scsi >then later (also before the error above) > hdc: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-yadayada, ATAPI CDROM drive >which is on ide1 >ide0 is a data drive, which I've recently been having >trouble with -- since I got it recognized, and tried to >re-run lilo, lilo complained that its root was not on the >"first" hard disk. I had been booting from my scsi drive, >and had to just install lilo on the MBR of the primary ide >hd; ended up doing this command to rescue my boxen: > chroot /dev/hda /sbin/lilo -v -v >Well that was 'fun' but I still don't have access to >the burner... at least I'm past the point of turned-around >ide cable -- if anyone has any clues please send them along! > >thanx for yer time > > ben >
