Re: cdrecord doesn't recognize cdburner

[Mannequin* <mannequin@primary.net>]

On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:28:52 -0700 (PDT)
vinai <4_usenet@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Sep 2003, Mannequin* wrote:
> 
> > I've got a PB G3 Firewire, with kernel 2.4.21-powerpc, and a Lacie
> > CD burner attached to my firewire port.
...

> > This all worked fine until I upgraded from 2.4.18-powerpc to
> > 2.4.21-powerpc. Can anyone direct me as to how I can get this
> > working again, so I can make backups?
> 
> There was a change int he 1394/firewire subsystem somewhere after
> 2.4.18. The solution is to get the debian package with
> rescan-scsi-bus.sh and run that script.  Running 'modprobe' or
> 'insmod' on the individual 1394 modules will NOT work.  I tried all of
> this, and nothing worked till I ran this script, then accessed my
> firewire devices (a hard drive in my case).
> 
> This should be in the debian-powerpc archives from earlier this year.
> 
> cheers

Thanks!  It worked. I can now go on to back up.