> > Is there a way to check the firmware revison of ide cdroms?

> I believe that /sbin/hdparm -I will dump a ton of information at
> least for ide hard drives, and it is said to work for CDROMs too.

Cool. I hadn't thought of hdparm for the cdr, but it does give most
of the info cdrecord gives, and some it doesn't.

> > Is there any harm in setting the ide cdrom to scsi emulation? 
> > (i can't see why their would be).

> Not any that I have ever run across.

OK.

Thbanks for the tips,
eric


-- 
Mandrake HowTo's & More:          http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Reply via email to