[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> OK - I have just found the CD-Writing FAQ's on the web. No doubt I will
> find my answers in that.
>
> Sorry to bother the list, although it would be better in setup if when the
> CD-Writer was detected (LILO append='hdc=ide-scsi' was set automatically),
> also to set /etc/fstab to /dev/scd0 rather than /dev/cdrom which is
> sym-linked to /dev/hdc (in my case)!
. . . or to change the symlink, which seems like the more obvious fix to
me.
And one that I suggested to Mandrake for 7.1. I'm not running 7.1,
though . . . does anybody know if this got addressed in 7.1?
>
> John
>
> On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Having just loaded M7.0 I am stuck getting the CD-(re)Writer to work. The
> > unit is a Plextor 8/4/32A and I had to set
> >
> > hdc=ide-scsi
> >
> > in the loader, and
> >
> > insmod ide-scsi
> >
> > to include the module, whereupon I can mount and read a conventional CD.
> >
> > However when writing I clearly need to make a filesystem somehow before it
> > is written. How do I do that? Is there a recommended piece of software?
> > Obviously it won't do it at the moment.
> >
> > The CD was from a PC-Plus (UK mag) cover disk and if I am happy with it I
> > will put up 7.1 etc. My other systems are all RH5.2. I was intending to
> > upgrade to the latest 6.x but the optimised Pentium kernel etc was
> > attractive since I do a lot of numerical calcs.
> >
> > BTW despite requesting NO Graphics, in particular NO KDE, I still find
> > various packages installed such as
> >
> > kdelibs-1.1.2-14mdk
> > kdesupport-1.1.2-11mdk
> >
> > but no other and
> >
> > XFree86-libs-3.3.6-4mdk
> > XFree86-xfs-3.3.6-4mdk
> > xloadimage-4.1-4mdk
> > xpm-3.4k-7mdk
> > xscreensaver-3.18-3mdk
> > xtraceroute-0.8.14-7mdk
> >
> > !!!! and probably others that I haven't yet spotted. Any reason why? I
> > want to run the system without X using another machine as the X server.
> >
> > Comments svp.
> >
> > John
> >
--
"Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org
Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents.
Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
