On 5 Jan, John Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 01:51:53 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > BTW, I had to manually "insmod ide-scsi" before cdrecord would work -
> > how should it happen? Some kind of entry in /etc/modules.conf?
>
> Pass "hdd=ide-scsi" (substitute the appropriate device name) to the
> kernel at boot time (in /etc/grub.conf or /etc/lilo.conf),
Ah, thanks! To cover both DVDRW and CDRW drives I've added to
lilo.conf:
append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> and if you
> don't have any other scsi devices (including usb storage), add these
> lines to /etc/modules.conf:
>
> options ide-cd ignore=hdd
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
>
> If you use usb storage devices, add these lines instead:
I do, I do.
> options ide-cd ignore=hdd
> # scsi discs (includes usb storage)
> alias block-major-8 sd_mod
> pre-install sd_mod /sbin/modprobe -k usb-storage
> post-remove sd_mod /sbin/modprobe -r usb-storage
> # scsi cds (includes ide cd-r/w using scsi emulation)
> alias block-major-11 sr_mod
> pre-install sr_mod /sbin/modprobe -k ide-scsi
> post-remove sr_mod /sbin/modprobe -r ide-scsi
>
> This is for a 2.4 kernel.
Ah, thanks again - you've made me realise I should have added SCSI disk
support as another module option for the kernel build. I hadn't
realised I needed that for USB storage devices. I'll update my note,
too.
Many thanks,
luke
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