Re: scsi vs. cdrom_read
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 01:41:22PM -0600, Jacob S. wrote:
> No, it is still possible to read CDs from a CDRW drive that you've setup
> using append="hdx=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf. If you have sr_mod.o compiled
> into the kernel or as a loadable modules, your cdrom drive will show up
> as /dev/srX or /dev/scdX (where X is the drive number the kernel sees
> it as).
>
> If you have the modules compiled and loaded properly, you'll want to do
> some playing around as root to find what device your kernel is
> recognizing the drive as (ie. "mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom") and then
> change your /etc/fstab file to reflect the new /dev location for the
> cdrom device.
And failing that (I did); if you have sr, scsi, ide-scsi, cdrom built as
modules; you can rmmod ide-scsi; modprobe cdrom to get back your ATA
device, no need for a reboot or lilo.conf fiddling at all.
--
Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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