On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:30:24AM -0700, Mark Bigler wrote:
> On Monday 29 October 2001 08:22, Justin Bengtson wrote:
> > i installed xcdroast and gtoaster. both don't recognize my IDE
> > burner. apparently, i need scsi emulation. does anybody know (off
> > the top of their head) what the kernel module for scsi emulation is?
> > and what parameters i need to pass it?
>
> One way to do it is to include the parameter
>
> hd?=ide-scsi
>
> (the "?" is the letter for your burner) in your boot config file.
>
> For GRUB (/boot/grub/menu.lst) you'd have something like:
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19 root=/dev/sdb9 ro hd?=ide-scsi
>
> where everything up to the hdc parameter should be exactly what's in
> your current config file.
>
> For LILO (/etc/lilo.conf) adding this to your linux stanza should work:
>
> append hd?=ide-scsi
>
> Don't forget to run lilo (/sbin/lilo) after making any changes to
> lilo.conf. No need to do anything other than edit the file for GRUB.
>
> I really haven't tried adding the filter after booting, but I'm sure
> there's a way.
>
> One note, once the ide-scsi filter is active, you'll need to refer to
> your drive by its SCSI name (e.g. /dev/scd0) rather than its old IDE
> name (e.g. you may need to update the /dev/cdrom symlink to point to
> the new drive name).
>
I find it easier to just build a kernel without IDE CD support and
with SCSI emulation and SCSI CD support.
BTW, if you were using OpenBSD, you wouldn't have to mess with this stuff,
because OpenBSD doesn't even have the notion of an IDE CD. All CD{R,RW}s
are seen as SCSI.
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