Re: Which device is ide-scsi?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Alan" == Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> writes:

    Alan> On Saturday 05 Apr 2003 4:57 pm, Shyamal Prasad wrote: ...
    >> It is not uncommon for the ide-cd driver to grab the CD ROM
    >> driver, which you must prevent by giving ide-cd the
    >> 'ignore=hdd' option.

    Alan> Thanks a lot - I am sure this is what it was - although
    Alan> there was no error messages.  However, I added ide-scsi to
    Alan> /etc/modules so it is loaded almost straight away.  Now
    Alan> /proc/scsi/scsi lists all my devices

Hi Alan,

Glad to hear that it all worked out. BTW, a good ("best?") way to
achieve this effect (if your kernel is heavily modularized, like the
standard Debian 2.4.x kernels) is by adding a file (pick a name, any
name) in /etc/modutils/ with the following contents

options ide-cd ignore=hdd
pre-install sg        modprobe ide-scsi
pre-install sr_mod    modprobe ide-scsi
pre-install ide-scsi  modprobe ide-cd

Run update-modules after you do this to plonk this into
/etc/modules.conf. The next time you boot, things should work fine
automagically. You don't even need to add ide-scsi to /etc/modules if
you add a line like

alias scd0 sr_mod

to the same file (where you replace scd0 with your DVD device). You
might have to tweak this a bit since you have a real SCSI card, but
you get the idea....

    Alan> Whereas before only the first and last were included.  More
    Alan> importantly, I can sit down and watch my LOTR dvd:-)

Have fun ;-)

Cheers!
Shyamal