On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 04:11, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 20 Mar 2003 4:55 pm, Miark wrote:
> > Anne,
> >
> > What problems? I scsi-emu my DVD drive and I've never had a hiccup
> > reading data CDs, music CDs, or with copying.
> >
> > Miark
> >
> I seem to remember that if you did the install from that drive, there would be
> problems in that the software installer would not be looking at the right
> place to find the disks. I'd have to check back to see exactly what was said
> about this, but I think it was so.
>
> It's worth remembering that just about anything he wants to do can be done on
> that disk without scsi-emulation, so why risk problems?
Hmmmm, not sure about the software installer issue exactly, although
I've never had a problem. However, I always make the following changes
after I scsi emulate my DVD-ROM drive:
(as root)
vi /etc/devfs/conf.d/dvd.conf
(then in vi) :%s/ide/scsi/g
:wq
vi /etc/devfs/conf.d/rdvd.conf
:%s/ide/scsi/g
:wq
service devfsd restart
%s/ide/scsi/g substitutes all instances of ide in the file with scsi and
ensures that /dev/dvd correctly points to your DVD drive.
Btw, I initially began making this change for the benefit of Xine, not
XCDroast or the software installer...
I hope this helps,
Regards,
John...
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