This is one way, but supposedly more things work if it can fake it into being a
scsi device. Try the /dev/sd0 approach first.
If you decide to not have it be an emulated scsi you will have to fix
/etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo.
WILLIAM wrote:
> Anthony Huereca wrote:
>
> > I have a HP CD Writer plus (9200 series, 8x/4x/32x) and I've had no problems
> > with it with Linux. I didn't install with it, but I can still access it just
> > fine. So I don't think you're problem is with the CD writer itself.
> >
> > > Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has had problems getting Mandrake 7
> > > to recognize and use a HP CD Writer Plus. I am not sure which model it
> > > is, only that it is 4x/4x/24x. It is the same drive I installed
> > > Mandrake from, but now linux won't recognize it. Does anyone know
> > > anything about this?
> > >
> > > Zach
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> Hi , don't know how much this will help,but I have an I omega Zip CDR+W which
> was on my machine when I installed Mandrake (and some other Linux flavors
> too)and none would allow me to use it ,though they all "saw"it at boot upTurned
> out my machine was recognizing it as a SCSI,when iot is actually a ATAPI.
> Anyhow (though I don't remember how I got the info and don't remember all the
> particulers to it)I fixed it by going into a file and deleteing the "scsi" line
> from the file ,plus I had to do one other thing I can't remember to another
> file,but it solved the problem.Where it would not let me even view a disk I can
> now view and write (using CDROAST). So maybe some non-newbie folke here on
> this list will know better of what I speak of .,and can be of more help.Wish I
> could be of more help, but the answer is out there
