On Monday 07 July 2003 07:53, Rthoreau wrote: > > I'm running Debian 3.0, idepci kernel, my cd-writer is a (Goldstar) > > LG8080 IDE/ATAPI which seems to be pretty much plain-vanilla (i.e. it > > needs no special drivers), on /hdb. > > A couple of things you need to do first in order to do what you want you > will need at least three new modules. You already have the first the > scsi-ide, you also need sr_mod which goes along with the scsi-ide module. > Also you will need the sg module. > In the howto's the first couple of scripts check your system to see if you > have these modules and devices for them. But since your running the ide > kernel it should be taken care of. Try lsmod as root to see what modules > are listed. Then try to modprobe those which you lack to see if the > modules are built.
In fact, as I've found, the 'idepci' kernel doesn't have SCSI support. :( Most ready-built kernels do. > If the modules you lack are not built, or do not exist you need to > recompile the kernel for their support. If you do not want to recompile > the kernel do some apt-cache search for kernel images, make sure you find > one that has everything you need. I think there are some on the first Woody CD-ROM. > You are correct in editing menu.lst, you need to pass the boot prams on > boot up. such as you mentioned hdb=ide-scsi and such. > > Check your Dmesg after bootup to see what messages you get, you should get > some init sections about scsi-ide in place. Then you need to change your > etc/fstab to reflect the changes. Or you can change the symlink in devices > to point to the correct scsi device. Which might be /dev/sr0 -> /dev/scd0 > or just edit /etc/fstab for /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/cdrom. > Also if you do manage to get a cdrecord -scanbus listing, you can always > use K3B kde burning app to help set up your device. Its setup will even > change the /etc/fstab settings for you if you want. After you do that make > sure you run update-modules, and add the modules to /etc/modules so they > get loaded with the others. > > Rthoreau Thanks. Editing fstab sounds to be the easiest way. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
