Hemo wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 17:29:03 -0800, you wrote: > > >On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:59:40PM -0800, Robert L. Hemus wrote: > >> Tn the step by steps to install a CDROM RW in step 2 it says you add > >> "hd?=ide-scsi to the kernel line in your menu.lst file." > >> then reboot. > >> When I do this it won't reboot. Need to use the rescue disk. Is the > >> file I need to work on in /root/boot/grub/menu.lst? If so, what have I > >> done, am doing wrong? > >> Thanks in advance. > >> Bob Hemus > > > >It would help if you told us what distro and kernel you're running. > >There are reports that things are different in distros released after > >the ones this SxS was tested on. > > > >Also, if there's anything more specific you can say about "won't reboot" > >it may help us figure out what's wrong. <snip> It goes thru stage 1-2 loads kernel, boots kernel, then up in the right hand corner in the "colors" it says kernel panic. press any key to continue goes back to <Linux> <Windows>. It'll boot Windoz OK.
> > Aye, I'm a grubby one at that. I use GRUB and have followed the SxS > to setup my ide burner. > > First, what distro are you running. Second, I hope you aren't using > literally hd?=ide-scsi, but replacing the ? with the representation of > your actual drive. As previous message hdc. > > IDE primary master=a > IDE primary slave=b > IDE secondary master=c > IDE secondary slave=d > and so on.. > <snip> OL e2.4, only one CDROM hdc, have hda1, hdb1, hdb2, hdb3 > When my CDRW was connected as primary slave IDE device, I used the > line 'hdb=ide-scsi'. When I put that in /boot/grub/menu.lst in the kernel line I get >above problem?? Think I'm gonna try Mike's suggestion. Bob _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users