On at 14:18 on Tue 16 Jan, Jon Pennington wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 04:11:52PM -0600, Benjamin Pharr wrote:
> > I have an IDE CDRW drive that I want to be able to use in linux. I have
> > done "apt-get install cdrecord". I have read the CD Writing HOWTO and I
> > know I have to enable SCSI emulation, but can anyone who has done it in
> > Debian tell me the easiest way? Thanks!
>
> In /etc/lilo.conf:
>
> append="hdX=ide-scsi" # where X is the letter assigned to that unit
>
> In /etc/modutils/local:
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi # assuming you don't have any /real/ SCSI
> cards
>
> Run lilo, reboot, and run `cdrecord -scanbus'; your drive should show up.
> YMMV.
Also to generate the alias in modules.conf you run update-modules.
If the kernel config shows IDECD is a module then you don't need to append
in lilo.conf.You can rmmod ide-cd if its loaded.
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