On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 02:19:52 +1300 Patrick Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Paul Wilkins wrote: > > > Patrick Dunford wrote: > > > >> I have an internal IDE burner. The CD writing howto tells me that > >> insmod has to load ide-scsi to make it compatible with cdrecord. Some > >> stuff in /etc/modules.conf but you can't edit this yoursefl > >> > >> 1. How do I get the loading of ide-scsi.o done automatically when I > >> boot up, > >> 2. there are some lines that have to be put in to make sure that > >> ide-scsi gets to the drive before Linux tries to make it into an IDE > >> drive. > >> see http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/CD-Writing-HOWTO-2.html > >> > >> Again, where to put these lines in, assuming ide-scsi.o is loaded > >> with an insmod command. > > > > > > > > If you boot with lilo, add it to the lilo config. If you use grub or > > something else, I haven't dealt with those specifically but the > > process is similar. > > > > Edit /etc/lilo.cfg and add the following, if your cdwriter is on hdc > > > > append="hdc=ide-scsi" > > > > If you already have an append line there containing, something else, > > edit it as follows > > > > append="somethingelse=whatever hdc=ide-scsi" > > > > When you're finished editing lilo.cfg you have to run lilo to set > > those changes into your bootup process, and you're done. > > > > You can now gain access to the cdwriter through the scsi devices instead. > > > > Use cdrecord -scanbus to confirm its existence. > > > Still need insmod ide-scsi to be run at every startup to load the > ide-scsi driver > Now it is supposedly that you add this line to /etc/modules.conf > But modules.conf is not human editable according to the warning messages > contained within it. So what steps do you take to have this line added > to modules.conf? > try /etc/modules Adrian
