On 08 May 2001 15:59:20 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > 2) you must pass the argument "hdc=scsi" to the kernel on boot to make > > > the ide-scsi package sense the drive and install a driver for > > > it. i'm not sure how it works if you've compiled ide-scsi as a module, > > > maybe you can insmod it with this argument (?). if your > > > dvdrom/cdrom shows up as a different hd (a,b,d, whatever; check > > > dmesg), you need to use that name in the kernel argument. > > > > Does anyone have a moment to explain exactly why this makes it work? > > Which part - the module problem or the hdx=scsi? The former: without a > module option the IDE cdrom code will claim the device, and the ide-scsi > driver can't use it. > > hdx=scsi is necessary to let cdparanoia or other tools access the audio > data on the device (though you'd think that it should be possible using > IDE ATAPI commands directly). Without a conextion from the CD audio out to
Are you talking about the TiPB or PowerPC/PowerMacs in general ? Because I had cdparanoia working with IDE for as long as I remember using it, and I use it regularly on my iMac. > the sound hardware, that's your only option (I'm not sure there really > isn't any connection, maybe we just don't know how to control the mixer > input for it yet, Closed hardware). > > That's what I gathered from various postings mostly on the G4 cubes. Might > be totally off base. Cheers -- /Bastien Nocera http://hadess.net
