Be sure to place your cdcrom on an ide cable seprate from your hard
drive. Compile in scsi emulation and cdrom support. Don't probe LUNS or
compile in ide-cdrom support. I can't remember the exact kernel options,
but I did this today at work. If you want the exact kernel options, mail
me tommorrow so I can get them exactly.
-Roger
Philippe Moutarlier wrote:
>
> I doon't know about the RW but for CDR you have xcdroast (there are rpms
> you can find around) which does a wonderful job.
>
> Since it is an IDE (as opposed to SCSI) , be sure to read what they say about
> your kernel config (don't remenber really what needs to be done). I guess that if
>you are using a redhat stock kernel, the options you need are there but you might
>have to load the modules which emulate scsi on top of ide (ide-scsi something).
>
> Sorry, I cannot be more precise . But I can tell you that it works.
>
> Philippe
>
> erik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am learning more and more about linux by the day. The next thing I
> > would like to tackle is getting my IDE CD-RW to work under linux so
> > that I don't have to boot into windows except to watch my DVD's!!!! I
> > have looked at the HOWTO and I have found that they are outdated and
> > are not very useful (a lot of things in there go over my head). Does
> > anyone know of a good resource that could take a beginner through the
> > process of installing a CD-RW in linux. Any help would be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> >
> > -e
> >
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> > "For a beer?"
> > "No, for stupid questions."
> > --A scene from the hit show "Cheers"
> >
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