On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 09:50:24AM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm using a proprietary, Creative external CD-ROM drive. I have built
> in kernel support for this (sbpcd), but it has to scan for my drive
> everytime. I want to configure lilo so that it doesn't have to do this
You have to edit the sbpcd.h file and recompile, either as a
module or included into kernel (see below)...
> (I think it's possible cause it says this:)
>
> sbpcd-0 [01]: sbpcd.c v4.61 Eberhard Moenkeberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> sbpcd-0 [02]: Looking for Matsushita/Panasonic, CreativeLabs,
> Longshine, TEAC CD-ROM drives
> sbpcd-0 [03]: = = = = = = = = = = W A R N I N G = = = = = = = = = =
> sbpcd-0 [04]: Auto-Probing can cause a hang (f.e. touching an NE2000
> card).
> sbpcd-0 [05]: If that happens, you have to reboot and use the
> sbpcd-0 [06]: LILO (kernel) command line feature like:
> sbpcd-0 [07]: LILO boot: ... sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster
> sbpcd-0 [08]: or like:
> sbpcd-0 [09]: LILO boot: ... sbpcd=0x300,LaserMate
> sbpcd-0 [10]: or like:
> sbpcd-0 [11]: LILO boot: ... sbpcd=0x338,SoundScape
> sbpcd-0 [12]: with your REAL address.
> sbpcd-0 [13]: = = = = = = = = = = END of WARNING = = = = = == = = =
> sbpcd-0 [14]: Scanning 0x340 (LaserMate)...
> sbpcd-0 [15]: Scanning 0x230 (SoundBlaster)...
> sbpcd-0 [16]: Drive 0 (ID=1): CR-563 (0.80) at 0x230 (type 1)
> sbpcd-1 [17]: You should read linux/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd
> sbpcd-1 [18]: and then configure sbpcd.h for your hardware.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File is located </sources/location>/linux/drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.h
>
> my /etc/lilo.conf looks like this:
> boot=/dev/hda1
> root=/dev/hda1
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=20
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> read-only
> sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster
>
> Why does it still scan?
The default header file is set up to look for
different types of drives, each with its' own port
address. By editing the header file you can make
it use only the type drive you have.
There are fairly explicit instructions in the
header file explaining what needs to be done.
HTH
Robert
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron Matheson
>
>
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