Try putting the following in /etc/modules.d/cdrw options ide-cd ignore=hdc alias scd0 sr_mod pre-install sg modprobe -k ide-scsi pre-install sr_mod modprobe -k ide-scsi pre-install ide-scsi modprobe -k ide-cd
Then: # modules-update You may need to reboot. Also; ide-cd, ide-scsi, sr_mod and sg must all be modules. Tom Veldhouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lincoln A. Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gentoo-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:11 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] CD Writer and Dell Inspirion 8200 > Has any one gotten the CD ROM Burner that comes with a DELL Inspirion > 8200 working? If so what did you do, or would you mind posting a link > to what you used to get it working? > > The device appears to be /dev/hdc. cat /proc/ide/ide1/hdc/model shows: > > MATSHITA CD-RW UJDA360 > > lsmod shows: > > Module Size Used by Tainted: GF > ide-scsi 7632 0 > sg 25900 0 (autoclean) (unused) > scsi_mod 51380 2 (autoclean) [ide-scsi sg] > > cdrecord -scanbus > Cdrecord 2.01a14 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jörg > Schilling > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open > SCSI driver. > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you > are root. > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. > > > Do I need to create some /dev/pgN devices? (presumably with mknod) ? > > Thanks, > > Lincoln > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
