Re: Audio CDs on Titanium G4 Powerbook
On 08 May 2001 10:35:57 -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> Whoops, this was supposed to go to the list....
>
> Michael Schmitz wrote:
> >
> > > > 2) you must pass the argument "hdc=scsi" to the kernel on boot to make
> > > > the ide-scsi package sense the drive and install a driver for
> > > > it. i'm not sure how it works if you've compiled ide-scsi as a module,
> > > > maybe you can insmod it with this argument (?). if your
> > > > dvdrom/cdrom shows up as a different hd (a,b,d, whatever; check
> > > > dmesg), you need to use that name in the kernel argument.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a moment to explain exactly why this makes it work?
> >
> > Which part - the module problem or the hdx=scsi? The former: without a
>
> The reason eject doesn't work is that you prolly haven't updated
> /dev/cdrom to point to your new device. If it points to /dev/hdc
> and you're using ide-scsi, well, that isn't going to work, is it?
>
> BTW, DVD support has been in 2.2 kernels since at least 2.2.17, if
> not sooner.
Not sure about the version number, but what you're talking about are the
DVD specific ioctl's. DVDs have worked under linux as expensive
CD-drives for as long as they existed.
This support you're talking about enables to do stuff like decyphering
the DVD content on DVD movies and the likes, and are not needed to read
an audio CD.
Cheers
--
/Bastien Nocera
http://hadess.net
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