This is the solution if I would use lilo, but I don't.
I'm using loadlin... What can I do ?
>On 08-Aug-99 Osamu Aoki wrote:
>> I wonder if there is any smart way of setting up ATAPI connected
>> CD-Writer without recompiling kernel. Does anyone suceeded with some
>> boot option or something? Just curious.
>
>Yes.
>
>There are just two things you need to do to use SCSI emulation with the
stock
>Mandrake kernel. First put this in /etc/lilo.conf in the section for
Linux:
>
>append="hdX=ide-scsi"
>
>Replace X with the correct letter for your CDR drive of course. That will
stop
>the kernel from loading an IDE driver for the drive. Run lilo to put the
new
>config in the MBR.
>
>Then type 'modprobe ide-scsi' as root after booting, to load the ide-scsi
>module. You should be all set now. If you have cdrecord installed, you
can
>type 'cdrecord -scanbus' to check and make sure it worked.
>
>
>- -Tom
>
Bye Bye.
R.A.Foglietta
