Re: [newbie] ATAPI CDRW annoyance

[John Aldrich]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> ok, basic rundown (if i neglected something important, let me know):
> 
> i have and EIDE interface, primary has 2 hd's, secondary has an ATAPI
> cdrom and ATAPI CDRW. I would like to record some CDs, but i just can't
> get it to work...
>
Ok....you should NOT have to disable IDE. What controller
is your ATAPI CDRW on? I think Linux wants it to be on a
slave controller, not the master.
Also, the append line is:
append="hd<x>=ide-scsi"
        John