--- steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi sidney, > > maybe this is of some help...., i hope. > > why not install a kernel like vanilla, with - as > root - a line in /etc/lilo.conf > > append="hdx=ide-scsi", hdx = hdd, hdc, or something > like that: the name woody > gives to your cdrom-writer > > this a f t e r you installed p.e. vanilla, bf24..., > > and d u r i ng installation ag and > scsi-emulationmods in the kernel. do not > forget (sorry....) to run lilo and to reboot after > this. > > do then apt-get -f install xcdroast, and, as root, > setup xcdroast for yourself > as user etc. etc. > > let me know if the writer works after all this. > > if not: there are some other tricks. > > steef > According to the instructions that I am following, the change in lilo.conf is to be made after cat /proc/devices indicates that sg, loop, and sr have been installed. xroast is the next step after lilo.
I think that I have created the correct kernel, but that my computer is not booting it and therefore I cannot go on to the steps that you suggest. I am trying to understand why. sidney __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]