Thanks for the advice! That seems to do it, so I can switch back and forth between cdrom and cr writing. I used your first option, but with the same symbolic links to the devices.
Something I still don't understand, however, which is a more general question. What is the practical difference between having something such as this built into the kernel (option 2) or having it as a module that is loaded at boot in /etc/modules (option 1)? Steve --- Ionel Mugurel Ciobica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1. After booting up I can use xcdroast after I > > load the module ide-scsi with modprobe. > Everything > > else needed gets loaded automatically. Then, if > > I want to mount and read a cdrom I can do it, but > > only aftet unloading ide-scsi. > > When you load the ide-scsi module, the cdrom is not > any longer reached > as /dev/hdx but as /dev/scdx. If you have a symbolic > link /dev/cdrom > pointing to /dev/hdx it will not work while you have > the ide-scsi > loaded. > > > > 2. The other way around, if I mount a cdrom before > > using xcdroast, then I can not use xcdroast, even > > after > > unloading modules associated with cdrom such as > > ide-cd. > > Now, you use the cdrom as ide so you can't load the > ide-scsi module. > > > > What is the best way to be able to use both cdrom > > to read a cd and xcdroast for cd writing? > > > > There are 2 ways (or more): > > 1. You load the ide-scsi module automatelly (add it > in /etc/modules) > > 2. You (re)compile the kernel with the ide-scsi > option on (not as a > module). > > In both cases you remake the /dev/crdom and/or > /dev/cdwriter to point to > the scsi drivers. > > I use the second option, so I have: > > > /dev/cdrom: symbolic link to scd0 > /dev/cdwriter: symbolic link to scd1 > > were in fact (without the ide-scsi) I would have > > /dev/cdrom: symbolic link to hdb > /dev/cdwriter: symbolic link to hdd > > > > I hope this helps. > > Ionel > > > P.S. Have you looked at CD-writer HOWTO? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
