thanks all, I will try these this morning and see how it goes.
Ron Stodden wrote:
> Timothy Litwiller wrote:
>
> > can I have two appends?
>
> Yes, but must be:
>
> append="ide2=0xXXX,XX hde=ide-scsi"
>
> For kernel 2.2.12 and possibly some earlier, you no longer need the
> hde=ide-scsi. However this autodetection may only apply to ide0 and
> ide1. Add the following to the end of your /etc/rc.local:
>
> modprobe ide-cd
> modprobe sr_mod
> modprobe cdrom
> modprobe sg
> modprobe isofs
>
> This will give you a reader. To get a writer dynamically at run time
> rmmod ide-cd and then insmod ide-scsi, v-v to restore as a reader. If
> you are using xcdroast to copy a CD you don't even have to do any of
> this since the image file is built through a physical read using dd.
>
> You may need to update your kernel to get this nice functionality.
>
> --
> Ron Stodden
> Using Virtual Access
