Nick Rout wrote:
>
> I assume you are still on a series 2.4 kernel with that distro?
yes 2.4.18-6mdk
>
> are you sure you are running the ide-scsi driver? you need to boot your
> kernel with the option hdb=ide-scsi
Aaahhh. I have now created a boot floppy, added the option, rebooted and
cdrecord -scanbus brings up the data.
>
> if you are , then what user are you when running cdrecord -scanbus?
as user & root
>
> if you get the same result as root, ....I do
Now I need to mount it but am lost on this one, will it be...
mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cd, and what are the details for type etc please?
>
> On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:14:58 +1200
> Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get cdrecord working without any success. I have trolled
> > through the Rute manual, and implemented procedures from the cd-writing
> > howto, then rebooted.
> >
> > The cdrw is on hdb. It works in Windows.
>
> it has its uses as a hardware tester ;-)
>
> >
> > lsmod reports loop, sr_mod, sg, & scsi_mod all present. I can
> > mnt/read/umnt a cd.
> >
> > The following 2 lines appear in /var/log/messages
> > May 24 14:37:32 localhost kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
> > May 24 14:37:33 localhost kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation
> > for IDE ATAPI devices
> >
> > I am still running Mandrake8.2 on a P166 with 64m. I use icewm.
> >
> > I have run the commands from the howto, section 2 Quickstart. The
> > modules.config has been altered as per Rute section 42.6.11
> >
> > cdrecord -scanbus reports the following errors:
> > no such file or directory
> > cannot open '/dev/pg*'
> > Cannot open SCSI driver
> >
> > I am now at a dead end. Any suggestions please?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Barry
>
> --
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
