On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 17:42:22 GMT, john gennard writes: >The literature with the CD-RW is basic and suggests ways in which it >can be installed on those channels already in use. This seems to >imply that I shouldnot/cannot use the secondary channel slave, but it >does not specifically say so.
The problem is that the IDE-master´s firmware is doing most of the stuff on this channel. So the writer´s firmware will quite probably be better equipped to handle writing functionality than the readers. I tried that setup once myself, but my esperience wasn´t a very satisfying one. >If I replace my CD with the CD-RW, would I be able to use the later >for normal reading and would I require any special drivers? Why replace it? Make your burner master and your reader slave, that way you can make use of both (but I´d strongly suggest against direct copying between the two, it´s possible but I wouldn´t trust it). You´ll need no special drivers for using the writer to read CDs, but to make use of it´s writing functionality you´ll have to set up ide-scsi-emulation. See the cdrecord-docs for explanations, it may take some effort (and a kernel recompile) to get it running, but it´s quite worth it. >Can anyone please suggest the most suitable way to proceed. I assume >Potato (which is what I run) will support the drive - it did so with >earlier models. All software supplied is for Windoze, so there is no >information of any value. Don´t take my opinions in any form offensive, they´re not meant that way, but please don´t flame me if that´s all not longer true (I set it up with a 2.0.x-kernel and a then-recent cdrecord, so there may have been changes since). HTH, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
