Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Sidney Brooks wrote: > > your kernel config looks good > > egrep -i > "BLK_DEV_LOOP|BLK_DEV_RAM|BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE|BLK_DEV_IDESCSI|CONFIG_SCSI=|CONFIG_MINIX_FS" > > /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config > > >

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Alvin Oga
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Sidney Brooks wrote: your kernel config looks good egrep -i "BLK_DEV_LOOP|BLK_DEV_RAM|BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE|BLK_DEV_IDESCSI|CONFIG_SCSI=|CONFIG_MINIX_FS" /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config also keep a copy of linux-2.4.22/.config somewhere sa

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi ya sidney > > please post your .config file in its entiity or > send it to me/us/somebody .. > /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config > or where ever you put the kernel > c ya > alvin > > you can have lilo do anything you like ... >

Re: Re. CD writer - still

2003-10-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya sidney please post your .config file in its entiity or send it to me/us/somebody .. /usr/local/src/linux-2.4.22/.config or where ever you put the kernel c ya alvin you can have lilo do anything you like ... - for simplicity ... make a boot floppy for the cd

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:11:46PM -0700, Sidney > Brooks wrote: > > | I went through the .config file and compared it > with > | the instructions in the CDRW-WritinguHOWTO. > | The following line was missing. > | ATA/IDE: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDES

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:11:46PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: | I went through the .config file and compared it with | the instructions in the CDRW-WritinguHOWTO. | The following line was missing. | ATA/IDE: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m (turn on SCSI | emulation)

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 03:27:32PM -0700, Sidney > Brooks wrote: > > > > --- Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 01:48:01PM -0700, Sidney > > > Brooks wrote: > > > > Without going through the whole thread, my probl

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Paul E Condon
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 01:48:01PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > Actually the instructions that I followed to build the > kernel came from "Custom Kernel Compiling in Debian > 2.2" by Jeepsta. I am reasonably sure that I did this > correctly because when I do dpkg -l, I find > kernel-image-2 Custom

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
Actually the instructions that I followed to build the kernel came from "Custom Kernel Compiling in Debian 2.2" by Jeepsta. I am reasonably sure that I did this correctly because when I do dpkg -l, I find kernel-image-2 Custom.2, my second build. When you speak of updating the block image in the k

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:37:44AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: | In typical linux fashion the instructions don't work. | The problem is in the following instructions: | cd /etc/rc.d | chmod 755 init.d/* | cd rc3.d | ln -s ../init.d/modules.init 05modules.init | | The third line is obviously suspi

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread klaus imgrund
On Thursday 16 October 2003 11:37, Sidney Brooks wrote: > Thanks to Luc Lefevre, I have been able to read my > kernel configuration file and find that everything is > set as I programmed it. > > However, I still cannot get of ide and substitute > scsi. > Sorry - didn't follow the whole thread.Fro

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Sidney Brooks
Thanks to Luc Lefevre, I have been able to read my kernel configuration file and find that everything is set as I programmed it. However, I still cannot get of ide and substitute scsi. It was suggested that I had to install the modules. So, I went to "Linux Kernel Modules Installation HOWTO" to f

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-16 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:19:11PM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: > > --- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One thing that occurs to me: you did do > > > > make modules > > make modules_install > > > > right? > > -- > > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > These are

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:38:52 -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:43:12PM -0400, Antonio RodrP`? wrote: > | > | > Here's what worked (very well, I might add) for me: > | > > | > Configuring the kernel (this is d

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing that occurs to me: you did do > > make modules > make modules_install > > right? > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] These are not in the instructions that I am following. At what point are these things to be do

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Carl Fink
One thing that occurs to me: you did do make modules make modules_install right? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya sidney On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Antonio [ISO-8859-1] Rodr wrote: > > I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my > > effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody > > with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. > > > > My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi > > e

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 03:43:12PM -0400, Antonio RodrP`? wrote: | | > Here's what worked (very well, I might add) for me: | > | > Configuring the kernel (this is done before compiling the kernel): | | How do you do this, through make menuconfig? Choose your poison ;-). | I suspect you mea

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Sidney Brooks
I must confess that I am still confused although the messages here are helping. When I look at my installed Debian packages, I have: kernel-image-2 Custom.2 (the last one that I made). The only things that I have in /etc/modules are: af_packet sr_mod If I knew how you printed out "make config" b

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Antonio RodrP`
> > Here's what worked (very well, I might add) for me: > > Configuring the kernel (this is done before compiling the kernel): > How do you do this, through make menuconfig? I suspect you mean manually editing some file. Could you please be more concrete as to what file needs editing? > Once

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:12:55AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote: | I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my | effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody | with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. | | My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi | emulation always fai

Re: Re. CD writer

2003-10-15 Thread Antonio Rodr
> I am reaching a stage of complete frustration in my > effort to install a CD writer. I have Debian woody > with a 2.4.22 kernel that I got from www.kernel.org. > > My effort to configure the kernel for the scsi > emulation always fails. I am following the > instructions of: Linux-1U.net/CDRW CDR