Re: Re : Atapi CD-Writer!
On Monday 07 July 2003 07:53, Rthoreau wrote:
> > I'm running Debian 3.0, idepci kernel, my cd-writer is a (Goldstar)
> > LG8080 IDE/ATAPI which seems to be pretty much plain-vanilla (i.e. it
> > needs no special drivers), on /hdb.
>
> A couple of things you need to do first in order to do what you want you
> will need at least three new modules. You already have the first the
> scsi-ide, you also need sr_mod which goes along with the scsi-ide module.
> Also you will need the sg module.
> In the howto's the first couple of scripts check your system to see if you
> have these modules and devices for them. But since your running the ide
> kernel it should be taken care of. Try lsmod as root to see what modules
> are listed. Then try to modprobe those which you lack to see if the
> modules are built.
In fact, as I've found, the 'idepci' kernel doesn't have SCSI support. :(
Most ready-built kernels do.
> If the modules you lack are not built, or do not exist you need to
> recompile the kernel for their support. If you do not want to recompile
> the kernel do some apt-cache search for kernel images, make sure you find
> one that has everything you need.
I think there are some on the first Woody CD-ROM.
> You are correct in editing menu.lst, you need to pass the boot prams on
> boot up. such as you mentioned hdb=ide-scsi and such.
>
> Check your Dmesg after bootup to see what messages you get, you should get
> some init sections about scsi-ide in place. Then you need to change your
> etc/fstab to reflect the changes. Or you can change the symlink in devices
> to point to the correct scsi device. Which might be /dev/sr0 -> /dev/scd0
> or just edit /etc/fstab for /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/cdrom.
> Also if you do manage to get a cdrecord -scanbus listing, you can always
> use K3B kde burning app to help set up your device. Its setup will even
> change the /etc/fstab settings for you if you want. After you do that make
> sure you run update-modules, and add the modules to /etc/modules so they
> get loaded with the others.
>
> Rthoreau
Thanks. Editing fstab sounds to be the easiest way.
Chris
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