Bastien Nocera wrote: > > On 08 May 2001 10:35:57 -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > Whoops, this was supposed to go to the list.... > > > > 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 > > > > The reason eject doesn't work is that you prolly haven't updated > > /dev/cdrom to point to your new device. If it points to /dev/hdc > > and you're using ide-scsi, well, that isn't going to work, is it? > > > > BTW, DVD support has been in 2.2 kernels since at least 2.2.17, if > > not sooner. > > Not sure about the version number, but what you're talking about are the > DVD specific ioctl's. DVDs have worked under linux as expensive > CD-drives for as long as they existed. > This support you're talking about enables to do stuff like decyphering > the DVD content on DVD movies and the likes, and are not needed to read > an audio CD.
I can rip the video off my dvd drive with my completely unpatched 2.2.17 kernel. I had to patch previous 2.2 kernels, but I don't remember the version numbers. You can assume 2.2.12 needed patching ... maybe even 2.2.15. Decrypting the encrypted dvds is a whole other story. a
