Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3261 mails)

[ally <ally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun,  1 Apr 2001 16:42, you wrote:
> Chris Reeves wrote:
> > dizzy73 wrote:
> > > This is the first time Im really trying to implement my cd burner 7.1
> > > pro kernel 2.2.18
> > >
> > > SuSE reconises my plain ATAPI cd as hdc and when the machime boot Dmesg
> > > seems to see both CDroms
> > >
> > > hdd =plain atapi
> > > hdc = acer8xcdr
> >
> > Confused here - is your plain ATAPI CD hdc or hdd?
>
> sheese.... i cant EVEN paste text into netscape!!!  Please find the
> attached boot message which shows my cd drives
>
> > > So I go into yast>integrate hardware> select cd/dvd
> > >
> > > then select the approaite hdc and hdd
> > >
> > > This seems to have *no* effect whatsoever!
> > >
> > > Im trying to access the burner software KDBurn or something and it
> > > dosent see the burner. Ive installed cdroast but it dosnt show up in
> > > the menu items (wondering why that is....)
> >
> > You need to use the ide-scsi module, because the CD drive needs to be
> > accessed as a SCSI device in order for cdrecord/xcdroast/etc. to see it
> > (it probably uses the SCSI command set internally anyway). To do this,
> > at the LILO prompt, type 'linux hdc=ide-scsi' (assuming that the burner
> > is /dev/hdc).
>
> Well I dont use LILO, I have a multiboot using loadlin from a
> windows/dos aattoexec
>
> If you look at the boot msg youll see they arent scssi. The problem is
> when I go into yast and select the *approaite* "module" .... nothing
> happens!!
> even if I do select scssi... nothing happens,,, no confirmation... the
> window just goes away
> hence the problem
>
> > Now you can do a 'cdrecord -scanbus' and see if the burner shows up. If
> > it does, you can set up some things like an fstab entry, and placing the
> > the 'hdc=ide-scsi' as an append line in lilo.conf, and so on.
> >
> > Have fun,
> >         Chris
>
> Well... I certainally appreciate your help but I cant even get text to
> paste into this netscape window (using kedit to open the file select
> copy... paste isnt enabled in Netscape nor is ctrl v...most dishertning
> and confidence destroying... not to mention time wasting
>
> baaaa
>
> rob

Hi there.
Using other means to boot than lilo is just plain ...........ss
Using "loadlin" causes more trouble  with configuring what modules load during
boot time.Anyway if your atapi module grabs your cdr-rw first you don`t have 
chance with ide-scsi module.
Here is what you could do if you boot with lilo:(As I don`t use loadlin you 
have to figure yourself integrating following)
- login as root 
- with YaST configure the kernel so that you add in the append-line 
    hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi (or whatever your devices are,check your 
boot.msg)
   (assuming your CD-drives are on master and slave on the secondary bus) 
- substitute in the file /etc/modules.conf the line with 
    alias scsi_hostadapter off 
    by 
    alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi 
 Add at the end of the file /sbin/init.d/boot.local 
    a line with 
    /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi      
     
- Enter the following commands (still as root): 
    ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom 
    ln -sf /dev/scd1 /dev/cdrom1 
 Hope it helps See ya Al.
A Note :You can choose whether to emulate ide-scsi your plain cdrom by not 
including that "hdd=ide-scsi so cdrom will stay "atapi"