Re: cd-writer: no /dev/sg0, sr0, or scd0 working

[Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam <vaidhy@loony1.loonys.net>]

On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 07:19:33PM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 09:50:49PM -0500, Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote:
> > Do a ./MAKEDEV sgall in /dev directory...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Vaidhy
> > On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 06:36:09AM +0000, Paul Nathan Puri wrote:
> > > I typed MAKEDEV sgall, but command not found.  Do I need a
> > > package?  I'm in su mode too.
> > > 
> > > Vaidhyanathan G Mayilrangam wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 11:00:07PM +0000, Paul Nathan Puri wrote:
> > > > > When I have my cd-writer installed as secondary ide device,
> > > > > after my cd-rom drive, and have the kernel configure with
> > > > > ide cdrom unselected, and scsi emulation, and generic scsi
> > > > > selected, the system hangs on boot.  Where I have only the
> > > > > cd-writer connected as primary ide, the system boots fine,
> > > > > and 1 scsi host is detected, but I can't find a device to
> > > > > mount...
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks...
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > I do not know about the first situation.. but for the second one, turn off the scsi emulation and just leave the atapi cd rom and you can access the cd rom with /dev/hdb
> > > > 
> > > > or.. turn on the scsi emulation and turn off the atapi cd rom, turn on the scsicdrom and do a MAKEDEV sgall and MAKEDEV sr and you should be able to access your cd rom thru sr0..
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Vaidhy
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> I did that but it said ./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "sgall"
> 
Oops,, I am sorry.. it is sg-all... you have to do a ./MAKEDEV sg-all

Regards,
Vaidhy