Re: Audio CDs on Titanium G4 Powerbook
On 08 May 2001 15:59:20 +0200, 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
> module option the IDE cdrom code will claim the device, and the ide-scsi
> driver can't use it.
>
> hdx=scsi is necessary to let cdparanoia or other tools access the audio
> data on the device (though you'd think that it should be possible using
> IDE ATAPI commands directly). Without a conextion from the CD audio out to
Are you talking about the TiPB or PowerPC/PowerMacs in general ?
Because I had cdparanoia working with IDE for as long as I remember
using it, and I use it regularly on my iMac.
> the sound hardware, that's your only option (I'm not sure there really
> isn't any connection, maybe we just don't know how to control the mixer
> input for it yet, Closed hardware).
>
> That's what I gathered from various postings mostly on the G4 cubes. Might
> be totally off base.
Cheers
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/Bastien Nocera
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