Re: ide-scsi emulation not working

["Enrique Samson Jr." <xjigen@info.com.ph>]

> 1) Make a file (I called it cdrw) in /etc/modules that loads proper 

it's /etc/modutils

> # This assumes IDE-CD is a module rather than copmiled into kernel.
> #
> options ide-cd ignore="hdd"
> alias scd0 sr_mode
> pre-install sg          modprobe ide-scsi
> pre-install sr_mod      modprobe ide-scsi
> pre-install ide-scsi    modprobe ide-cd

becasue ide-cd grabs the drive before ide-scsi could

> 2)run "update-modules" to make this take effect
> 3) Make the /etc/modules file look like this:
> $> cat /etc/modules
> # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
> #
> # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
> # to be loaded at boot time, one per line.  Comments begin with
> # a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.
>
> sr_mod
> sg
> ide-cd
> ide-detect
> $>
> 4) Have this line in your grub.conf with ide-scsi=hdd option:
> kernel   /vmlinuz-2.4.24-1-686 root=/dev/hdb5 hdd=ide-scsi ro single
>
> Reboot machine and give the command "cdrecord -scanbus" and you should 
> see your SCSI emulated CD-RW.

you hit it right:) Thanks.