Re: CD-rom references from Lilo

2004-02-24 Thread John L Fjellstad
Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So the question is: what "mode" are these things in if they aren't in > the "ide-cd" mode or "ide-scsi" mode. Probably this is an ignorant > question asked by one in ignorance :-) Check dmesg. Maybe it says something there. -- John L. Fjellstad web: ht

Re: CD-rom references from Lilo

2004-02-23 Thread Nano Nano
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:59:11AM +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote: > > I'm not an expert, so I'll try to answer the best I can. At my place > (Sony VAIO laptop), the cdrom didn't get recognized at all unless I had > that line in there. Looking at the ide.txt file in Documentation > directory of t

Re: CD-rom references from Lilo

2004-02-23 Thread John L Fjellstad
Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Where in 2.4.x, you would do hdc=ide-scsi in /etc/lilo.conf, you would >> > do hdc=cdrom in 2.6.x > > Q: Is putting hdc=cdrom equivalent to not putting anything at all? I'm not an expert, so I'll try to answer the best I can. At my place (Sony VAIO lapt

Re: CD-rom references from Lilo

2004-02-23 Thread John L Fjellstad
David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Where in 2.4.x, you would do hdc=ide-scsi in /etc/lilo.conf, you would >> do hdc=cdrom in 2.6.x > Is there any need for this if I am NOT booting from a CD? YMMV, of course, but at my place, my cdrom didn't even get recognized unless I had that line in th

Re: CD-rom references from Lilo

2004-02-22 Thread Nano Nano
> On Sunday 22 February 2004 12:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Where in 2.4.x, you would do hdc=ide-scsi in /etc/lilo.conf, you would > > do hdc=cdrom in 2.6.x Q: Is putting hdc=cdrom equivalent to not putting anything at all? I.e., will ide-cd get loaded by default? (I tried this and my ker

Re: CD-rom references from Lilo

2004-02-22 Thread David Baron
Is there any need for this if I am NOT booting from a CD? On Sunday 22 February 2004 12:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Where in 2.4.x, you would do hdc=ide-scsi in /etc/lilo.conf, you would > do hdc=cdrom in 2.6.x -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".