On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Steve Feehan wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Bryan Opfer wrote:
>
> > I am trying to get my cd writer (HP 9300, IDE) working on Redhat 6.2. I
> > have read the HOWTO and added the following lines to my conf.modules
> > file:
> >
> > options ide-cd ignore=hdd
> > alias scd0 sr_mod
> > pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi
> > pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi
> >
> > But, it is not working. Is there something else I need to do?
> > Recompiling the kernel was next on my list, but I wanted to make sure I
> > am not missing something first.
> >
>
> You might try adding the following line to your /etc/lilo.conf file:
>
> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
i originally added that line when i got my CD writer working on my
dell inspiron. one day, i accidentally left it out, booted, and
everything still worked fine, even the new rewritable CD unit from dell.
from where i sit, this line looks extremely optional, at least for me.
comments?
rday
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