Re: scsi-ide-cdrw

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Thomas Sommer (<ThomasSommer@gmx.net>) wrote:

> after reading a lot of howtos, newsgroups, etc. i constandly have the
> following problem with my cdrw-drive (when i try to mount it):
> 
> dusk:/# mount /dev/cdrw
> mount: /dev/scd0 ist kein gültiges blockorientiertes Gerät
> (english: is not a valid block device)
> 
> scsi-ide-module is installed proper, and i even can burn cds with the
> drive.
> 
> fstab:
> ---snip---
> /dev/cdrw     /cdrom    iso9660 ro,user,noauto    0 0
> ---snip---

First, check where /dev/cdrw is pointing to. After activating ide-scsi,
it should point to /dev/scd0 or /dev/scd1 instead of /dev/hd*,
depending on the amount of drives you activated ide-scsi for.

Second, depending on your Kernel, make sure you told the ide-cd driver
to ignore the CDRW drive. If the ide-cd driver is compiled into the
Kernel (e.g. installation Kernel), configure your bootloader:

append="hdc=ide-scsi" #(if hdc is your cdrw)

If you use lilo, run it from the command line after changing the
configuration. This will also work if ide-cd is compiled as a module.

If you use a module only configuration (ide-cd as a module), you can
also make sure that either

ide-cd does not get loaded before ide-scsi

ide-cd is told to ignore the cdrw. Add

options ide-cd ignore=hdc

To some file in /etc/modutils and run update modules.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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