On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 10:26:38AM -0400, Titus Barik wrote: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 18:59:32 EDT, Titus Barik writes: > > >I get the following when doing cdrecord -scanbus: > > > > > >chronos:/home/barik# cdrecord -scanbus > > >Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jrg Schilling > > >cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > > >cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you > > >are root. > > > > Do you have SCSI-support compiled in your kernel (ether fix or as > > (loaded!) modules)? > > I do have SCSI support for my card compiled into the kernel, since I am > able to mount my CD-ROMs and access my SCSI HD. Let me know if I am > incorrect. You may be ... cd writers are accessed via SCSI generic devices (the existence of device files in /dev/does not mean that the support is compiled into your kernel). Do "cat /proc/devices" and look for "21 sg" under "Character devices:" If you see that entry you've got SCSI generic support in your kernel. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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