Hello vinz (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I've tried everything from a tonn of manuals... I still can't get my > aopen cd-writer to work. > and anyone help me.... please > I'm dying here. I assume you use an IDE writer. You have to do at least the following: Configure the bootloader so that it tells the kernel to use ide scsi emulation for the drive. Edit the append-line of your bootloader: append="hdc=ide-scsi" if the writer is secondary master Don't forget to execute lilo (if you use lilo as your bootloader) and reboot. Load the drivers. Normally, it is sufficient to load the ide-scsi module at boottime (by adding it to /etc/modules). Other drivers should be loaded automatically when needed. You can load them manually, you need: ide-scsi sg sr_mod scsi_mod Please note that some of them may be compiled into the kernel, in this case you don't have to load them. You can check the config of your kernel (/boot/config-$version). The following options must be set to y (compiled into the kernel) or m (module): CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR CONFIG_SCSI I don't know if all debian kernels have the necessary drivers. To write CDs as a user, add the user to the cdrom group. Changing the permissions of /dev/sg* to read-writable for group and changing the group from root to cdrom might also be a good idea. You can check if your writer works with cdrecord -scanbus or cat /proc/scsi/scsi If your device is shown several times in /proc/scsi/scsi, add the following to the append line of your bootloader: max_scsi_luns=1 best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]