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.
OK, Module Tutorial time for me:
Why can the kernel load some modules automatically (and unload them when
it's done), but others have to be pushed in by hand?
Would I need a system.map, or other, file to use your method?
There is a CD Writer HowTo at
http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/CD-Writing-2.html#ss2.1
It states
"With 2.2, you specify which device not to treat as a IDE/ATAPI-device using
the parameter ignore= while loading the ide-cd module. Example: use
"modprobe ide-cd ignore=hdb", if your ATAPI-writer is hdb and you want the
ide-scsi-driver to treat hdb as a scsi-device (usally sr0). There is no way
to specify this on the kernel-commandline (like with 2.0)."
This seems the opposite of what you have said, and you haven't mentioned the
'ignore' option, is that because with the ide-scsi modules loaded then the
kernel won't need to load the ide-cdrom module?
