Re: re cdrw

["David A. Rogers" <darogers@xnet.com>]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Kenneth Scharf wrote:

> You must re-compile your kernel.  You also need to
> REMOVE ide cdrom support, because the scsi emulation
> will replace the ide cdrom driver.  This is needed
> because CDRECORD only uses scsi protocol.  You will
> then access the cdrom as /dev/scd0.  In my computer I
> have a cdrw drive AND a real scsi cd rom drive.  The
> cdrom drive is now /dev/scd0 and the scsi cd rom drive
> is /dev/scd1.  (YMMV, might depend on the order you
> load modules).

You do _not_ need to recompile the kernel.  The stock debian kernel is
perfectly capable of running the ide-scsi as a module.  The only tricky part
is that you have to reserve the cd writer.  This is done using the append
statement as shown in the cd-writing howto.  Couldn't be easier and doesn't
require recompiling the kernel.

dar