Received Sat 22 May 2004 7:17pm +1000 from Jonathan Matthews: > Graham Williams had the gall to say: > > My "_NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive" that is easily > > identified under 2.4.25 (as /dev/hdc) goes missing under my 2.6.6 > > kernel. dmesg has no hint at all of the DVD. This is my only IDE > > device (using a SATA hard drive). > > > > Is this a matter of finding the right module? The machine is sid, > > up-to-date. > > Just hit this problem myself. Here's what I did - let me know if it > works: > > 1) Remove any "hdc=ide-scsi" lines from /etc/lilo.conf (grub? No > idea...) and then run "lilo" as root. > > 2) # modprobe ide-cd > > 3) $ cdrecord dev=ATA -scanbus > > ... and use the x,y,z triple that cdrecord reports, as in > > $ cdrecord dev=ATA:x,y,z <other_options>
Thanks for this and other suggestions. I had to also modprobe ide-generic, after a bit of trial and error. All works now (and I've somewhat documented it at http://survivor.sarovar.org/Dell_Optiplex.html.) Regards, Graham -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
