On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:37:36 +0100 steef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...mmm..... if you put <append="hdx=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf and run > lilo afterwards you 'make' your cdrom_reader/player/writer into only > a cdrom_writer. to use it as cdrom-reader again you have got to get > rid of the line in lilo again. > anyway: that is the way it works on my machine. > > a suggestion: (not too expensive i hope and without the trouble to > compile a new kernel): add another cdrom-player to your machine. > > steef
No, it is still possible to read CDs from a CDRW drive that you've setup using append="hdx=ide-scsi" in lilo.conf. If you have sr_mod.o compiled into the kernel or as a loadable modules, your cdrom drive will show up as /dev/srX or /dev/scdX (where X is the drive number the kernel sees it as). If you have the modules compiled and loaded properly, you'll want to do some playing around as root to find what device your kernel is recognizing the drive as (ie. "mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom") and then change your /etc/fstab file to reflect the new /dev location for the cdrom device. HTH, Jacob ----- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. Linux is the answer.
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