Bob et al, OK I upgraded the kernel to 2.4.18-686 which went smoothly except that this kernel uses something called initrd, which I opted out of the first go round for some reason I can't remember. Needed to add a line to /etc/lilo.conf 'initrd=/initrd.img' and one to /etc/kernel-img.conf which does not exist (didn't cause a problem, but I apparently will get some kind of warning message about using initrd every time I upgrade the kernel)
I then used xcdroast to select a directory and copy it to a cd which is what I wanted the cd for in the first place (backup, and hopefully restore). This also seemed to go smoothly. However to read the CDROM I needed to make a change to /dev/cdrom: cd /dev && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom which changed it to a link to the scsi device. I deleted the line for /dev/scd0 etc in fstab without any apparent problems; I left the line in /etc/lilo.conf append="scd=scsi-ide"; I deleted the CDRW directory under / that I had created as an experiment; all the required mods now appear to be present and accounted for cdrecord -scanbus now gives me: scsibus0 0,0,0, 0)SONY 'CDRW CRX185e1' 'XYS2' Removable CD-Rom which is what I think it is supposed to show. The only problem that remains is that trying to make a CD with kreatecd it just sits there, but if this does not look like some kind of hidden problem, I think I will just remove this program and use xcdroast. Best Wishes! Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
