On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote:
| 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.
Thank you very much!
I could have sworn I'd tried this much earlier, but I must have messed
it up, 'cause, sho 'nuff, it works!
(Actually, I just did:
cd /dev
rm cdrom
ln -s scd0 cdrom
instead. This is often a better approach since you do sometimes run
into software that "assumes" that the cdrom is at /dev/cdrom.)
[Actually, I can't get that append="hdc=ide-scdi" stuff to work right,
but then I have my own custom kernel and maybe I messed something up.
But if I insmod ide-scsi, I'm golden. I'm now building a kernel with
IDE-SCSI support built in and no IDE ATAPI support, and I'm quite
confident that this will work . . .]
|
| 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
| > --
| > I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger).
| > I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.babbleon.org .
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I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger).
I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org .
I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
