On Friday 01 February 2002 10:09 am, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 22:04:38 -0800 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 31 January 2002 09:53 pm, Jeff wrote: > > > Running Debian Sid. > > > > > > When I recompiled to 2.4.16, I put SCSI CDROM emulation in the kernel > > > and took out IDE CDROM support.. I can mount my drives as /dev/scd0 and > > > scd1.. However, when trying to use any cd writing programs (the burner > > > is scd0), they say they cant scan the SCSI bus? No permission or SCSI > > > emulation not enabled for IDE drives.. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > yeah. here's one. what are you talking about? scsi and ide are not > > interchangable. they are different technologies. scsi emulation lets you > > refer to something as if it were, but it's not. how are you going to > > emulate scsi on an ide device that doesn't exist, as far as the kernel is > > concerned, without support? what does your /etc/fstab look like? start > > hoping you haven't fried a drive already. > > Ben, > > Open Mouth, Insert Foot. Go To Jail, Do Not Collect 200USD. > > The original CD-R & CD-RW drives were SCSI. So, the drivers were > SCSI-oriented. When IDE CD-R|RW drives cam out, an IDE-SCSI inter- > face layer was written.
hey, i was wrong. you live and learn. hey jeff, i didn't draw blood or anything, did i? ben
