excuse me fernando but adren wrote (as you included on your reply) that his
CDR machine is ATAPI, not SCSI. The CD recorder which came with a PC-Card is
very ingenious too. The original message say nothing about a pcmcia card...
you'll better take a while to read his question.
Anyway the info you point at seems interesting.
Pablo
Fernando Torres Q. wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fernando Torres Q.)
> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)]
>
> ---- adren escribi� ----
> > Hello,
> >
> > On, my pentium II based PC, I've got two ATAPI devices :
> >
> > 1) Toshiba CDROM Drive (XM-6102B)
> > 2) HP CDWriter+ 7100i
> >
> > Both are well recognized by the Bios and
> > under W95. With Linux 2.0.33, I experienced
> > some problem :
> >
> > In order to use the program cdrecord (version
> > 1.6), I followed the instructions embedded
> > in the README.ATAPI file, and so I patched
> > and recompiled the kernel with SCSI emulation.
> > (I disabled support for generic IDE, in the
> > Kernel options).
> > No error nor warning during the compilation.
> >
> > Unfortunately, only the CDROM drive get recognized,
> > but not the HP-CDWriter :
> >
> > Within the messages printed at boot time, I can't read
> > any message indicating hardware detection for the latter.
> >
> > What can I do in order to fix this ?
>
> Hi Rene:
>
> if you installed atapi devices in your pc, you may not disable ide support
> for linux kernel. You must recompile kernel enabling ide atapi support.
> (be carefull, in the make list appear the cdrom atapi option, before you
> need to enable ide atapi support too).
>
> for your cd writer,(if it cames whith a pc card) you need a driver in
> order to manage it under linux.
> if your cd writer is scsi,also, you have to recompile kernel to
> enable scsi support and a driver to play it under linux. in linuxjournal
> issue january 98, you will find an excellent article about cdwriter
> x-cd roast cd writer sotfware.
>
> please,let me know when you get fix it. i wanted an ide cdwriter too
> :)
>
> fernando
>
> >
> > Thank you for helping,
> >
> > Rene.
>
> ----- End of forwarded message from Fernando Torres Q. -----
