Did it again - sorry for the direct reply Adam.
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Subject: Re: [SLE] Got my CDRW/DVD drive
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 23:04:13 -0400
From: John LeMay
Do you really need to update the firmware? if it aint broke to fix it i say.
Don't know, however I know under Windows I've had problems burning CD's with old firmware on drives. I did find a project designed to write Linux firmware installers for several drives. Finally!
A device link is just that. Its just an icon with a name thats a short cut to the drive, it doesn't effect your hardware config at all. Does it really matter what the name of the icon is? if you right click on it and go to properties you can change what device it points to (if you use the ide-scsi driver it will be /dev/sr0) and icon and maybe even the name.
Understood. However I've had issues in the past with device links - specifically ones for digital cameras working. Thought there might be something special that needed to be done.
you don't need a device link for your device to work ..try using the command line more and take a look at the mount command (man mount)
Heh, I have six terminals - rxvt even, not that Konsole beast - open right now in fact. I'm not a newbie, just a newbie to CDRW devices in Linux. Thanks for the help. There was one last piece I needed to do - insmod ide-scsi after rebooting. How do I get ide-scsi to load at boot? thanks! -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions -- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions