Re: cdrecord

[Peter Hugosson-Miller <pehu@im.se>]

Jon Pennington wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 04:11:52PM -0600, Benjamin Pharr wrote:
> > I have an IDE CDRW drive that I want to be able to use in linux.  I have
> > done "apt-get install cdrecord".  I have read the CD Writing HOWTO and I
> > know I have to enable SCSI emulation, but can anyone who has done it in
> > Debian tell me the easiest way?  Thanks!
>
> In /etc/lilo.conf:
>
> append="hdX=ide-scsi" # where X is the letter assigned to that unit
>
> In /etc/modutils/local:
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi # assuming you don't have any /real/ SCSI cards

I do have a real SCSI card, that I'm hoping to use with my Christie tape drive. Does
this mean I can skip this line, or if not, how should it look in my case?

> Run lilo, reboot, and run `cdrecord -scanbus'; your drive should show up.  YMMV.

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Best regards,

Peter Hugosson-Miller
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