On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
>
> You *DON'T* need to recompile the kernel. I use a CD Writer with the
> standard Mandrake kernel.
>
> 1)Add this to your /etc/lilo.conf:
> append="hdb=ide-scsi"
>
> 2)Reboot
>
> 3)Then, you can simply do a "modprobe ide-scsi", and voila! You can add
> the modprobe in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
>
> I remember Axalon had a sexier solution, but I can't quite remember it...
alias block-major-11 ide-scsi
has an inherent flaw though, doesn't get loaded untill you try and access
the cd, i forgot what it caused problems with. Theres also something like
alias scsi_hostadapter0 ide-scsi, but that never did work on my system
> Jean-Michel Dault
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> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Steven wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:25:55 +0000
> > From: Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] CD writing under Linux
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > I haven't been able to get my CD-RW drive working under Linux yet and hoping for
> > > a few helpful hints. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 (2.2.9-27 via RPM) with the
> >
> > OK, I've managed to get this working, so here are my helpful hints for you:
> >
> > The documentation is probably stashed in /usr/doc/xcdroast on your hard disk
> > - dig around there -- you'll proably want to read it.
> >
> > Here is the short version of what it says:
> >
> > Recompile your kernel --
> >
> > You have to compile the ide-scsii emulation, generic scsii support, and scsi
> > cdrom drivers into the kernel, not as modules. (If you work out how to do
> > this with modules, let us know ... )
> >
> > You have to compile out (that is, don't include) the ide cdrom support. If
> > you have an ide floppy, compile that into the kernel too, or the scsii
> > emulator will interfere with that too.
> >
> > Your cdrom is now /dev/sr1 or /dev/sr0, so don't forget to change the
> > /dev/cdrom hard link.
> >
> > They recomend that if your hard disk is an IDE one, that you use the -u
> > option with hdparm (check the hdparm man page and see your
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file). I still got xcdroast/cdrecord to work without
> > using -u, but I have put the -u option in, and it seems better (I burned a
> > cd from an image on the HDD at 4x, and installed Corel WP8 at the same
> > time, so the IDE disk seems quite fast enough for me ...)
> >
> > The current xcdroast is still quite limited, especially for audio tracks, so
> > you probably won't wipe Windows, but it's good for most jobs.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Steven
> >
>
