Did you try editing /etc/fstab?  For some reason, the install seems to set up
SCSI emulation then neglects to modify fstab as well.  Try changing the dev=
line to point to /dev/scd0.

Richard

On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> The CD-RW is the biggest thorn in my side right now, and in fact the
> primary motivation for signing up for the list . . . so it looks like I
> jumped in at the right time.
> 
> Here's the deal (I think) . . .
> 
> I *believe* that the 2.2.14 kernel has gotten broken with regard to
> IDE-SCSI emulation, and Mandrake very cleverly sets the LILO parameter
> to force the kernel to try to use the broken code.
> 
> Thus, noting correctly that I had a CD-RW, Mandrake put the
> hdc=ide-scsi line into my lilo.conf, which enabled the broken kernel
> code, and I could not read any of my cdroms, which was a problem since
> my entire system backup was on them. 
> 
> (I completely re-staged my machine rather than just updating the system
> partitions because I wanted to totally re-partition it.)
> 
> I say that the kernel code itself is broken becuase under RedHat 6.1 I
> rebuilt a kernel with IDE-SCSI emluation and after doing so I could use
> the /dev/pg0 (CD-RW) device and the /dev/cdrom (/dev/hdc CD-ROM)
> device without any trouble.
> 
> Under the Mandrake 7.0 distribution (2.2.14 kernel), I tried exactly
> the same thing, and then I could write to it just fine, but I couldn't
> read it.  Or I can build without the emulation and I can read it, but
> not write to it.
> 
> The best solution I've come up with so far is to build a kernel in
> which both the IDE SCSI emulation and the IDE ATAPI support are
> modules, and not specify anything at boot time.
> 
> That way, I can boot the machine and mount CDs without any trouble, but
> then I can't read them.  Or I can boot and write them but not read
> them.  Whichever I do first after I reboot works fine, but disables the
> other.  This is enough to get me limping along for now, but if I wanted
> to have to reboot every few hours I'd run WIndows in the first place.
> 
> Has anybody gotten any further on this than me?  I was planning to try
> to figure out how/where to check on known kernel bugs; though I didn't
> quite see myself as a "newbie", so I signed up for *this* list, I
> haven't actually needed to report any kernel bugs before . . . . except
> in limited areas like the parallel-port project.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Stephan M. wrote:
> | >>I can't  mount my first CD-drive (a Cyberdrive  CDRW) any more!!!
> | >
> | >I HAD this same problem too, and I resolved it unloading the IDE-SCSI
> | >module, then removing Supermount, then rebooting, then reloading IDE-SCSI
> | >module.
> | 
> | 
> | thanx, this worked for me, too. But then progs like K-CD and Gnome-CD didn't
> | find any AudioCDs any more, in none of my two CD-drives ... (now scd0 and
> | hdd).
> | Anyway, I found the program grip, which can play CDs in any of my drives
> | (and of course a lot more ...)
> | 
> | a second way I've found is to disable/delete the kernel-parameter in lilo
> | "hdc=ide-scsi" which gives me hdc and hdd as my to CD-drives, but then I
> | suppose losing CDRW-functionality - or is there any other reason for the
> | ide-scsi-module?
> | 
> | sm
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