Re: cdrom scsi problem
On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:32:23 +1100
M-L <rose_snug@bigpond.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:56 am, sam1@speakeasy.net thought about and sent this:
> >----> I am running Sarge, linux 2.4.27, and grub with a NEC cdrom. I have
> > run ----> into what seems to be a common problem, but can find no pointer
> > to the ----> solution. How can I tell the kernel that I want
> > "/dev/hdc=ide-scsi"? Or, ----> better yet, can I upgrade from 2.4 to a
> > fairly late 2.6 without installing ----> the distro again? If so, how?
> >---->
> >----> Sam
> >---->
> >---->
>
> Heres my /boot/grub/menu.lst entry:-
>
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda5 ro apic=off vga=788
> hdc=ide-scsi acpi
>
> But I installed the system with these directions. Don't know if it can be
> added later. Won't hurt if you try, just check dmesg if you can't read it
> while booting this?
it can definitely be added later, of course you must boot up with that there, it is called a kernel parameter. If you update to a 2.6 kernel though it probably won't do what you want, if dvd/cd writing is what you want... you will probably be in the position of putting ATAPI in front of your drive spec in cd writing apps or using a modified x-cdroast app... for example I now do #cdrdao --device ATAPI:0,0 to indicate my non-scsi cdrom device when writing a cd, again this is with the 2.6 kernels, and no hdc=ide-scsi is needed.
>
> HTH
>
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Shawn Lamson
slnj@optonline.net
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