On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > You must re-compile your kernel. You also need to > REMOVE ide cdrom support, because the scsi emulation > will replace the ide cdrom driver. This is needed > because CDRECORD only uses scsi protocol. You will > then access the cdrom as /dev/scd0. In my computer I > have a cdrw drive AND a real scsi cd rom drive. The > cdrom drive is now /dev/scd0 and the scsi cd rom drive > is /dev/scd1. (YMMV, might depend on the order you > load modules).
You do _not_ need to recompile the kernel. The stock debian kernel is perfectly capable of running the ide-scsi as a module. The only tricky part is that you have to reserve the cd writer. This is done using the append statement as shown in the cd-writing howto. Couldn't be easier and doesn't require recompiling the kernel. dar
