On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:45,Tim Wunder scribed: Now thats interesting and i'll have a look at mine.
> Well, I removed the /dev/sr0 and sr1 files and took "hdd=ide-scsi" out of > grub's menu.lst file and, upon first reboot, my ide CD-ROM was no longer > seen by xcdroast as a scsi device. > > In order for my IDE CD-ROM to be seen as a scsi device, I had to add > "hdd=ide-scsi" to the kernel line in my menu.lst file. This is contrary to > what the bedtime reading document states. So I set out to determine why. > > Upon investigation, I made a WAG that the reason I needed to load ide-scsi > during boot was that I had IDE CDROM support compiled into the kernel. I > tested my WAG by recompiling the kernel with IDE-CDROM support as a module. > Upon reboot with this new kernel, I am able to access my IDE-CDROM using > xcdroast. > > Now, off to figure out why I can't access my IDE-ZIP drive with this same > kernel. But that should be another thread... > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
