What I do is have both ide-scsi and ide-cd as modules, and I pass ignore=hdc as an option to ide-cd. (hdc is my CD-RW, not my regular CD-ROM) Then when I subsequently load ide-scsi the cdrom is IDE and the cd-rw is SCSI. (I set this up with Debian's modconf program.)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 09:21:55AM +0000, john gennard wrote: > On Sat, 03 Feb 2001, mike polniak wrote: > > john gennard wrote: > > > I've studied recent postings, the relative HOWTO and the Kenel help > > > text documentation and now feel that I understand what I need to do. > > > Unfortunately, I am faced with a problem to which I can find no > > > specific reference. > > > > > > I shall recompile the Kernel (have the tarballs for both 2.2.18 and > > > 2.4.0 -- shall use the former initially). > > > > > > On this machine (the only one above 300 MHz), I always boot from > > > floppies which I make (using 'make bzdisk') when compiling > > > kernels. Booting is very fast after the bios boot - no pause or > > > invitation to add parameters. I'll need to give 'hdd=ide-scsi' after > > > bios boot and can't find how to pause the automatic 'loading .....'. > > > When everything is set up satisfactorily, I would like to add the > > > parameter to the boot floppy - again I've no idea how. I'm proposing > > > to configure the CD-RW in Potato 2.2r0 and the machine is a PC > > > stand-alone with an AMD 500MHz and no real scsi devices. > > > > > > Can someone explain how I can solve my immediate problems. I feel > > > sure I understand the correct kernel configuration requirements - > > > there will be no modules to load. Grateful for help. John. > > > > Well if you do not set CONFIG_IDECD , you will not have to do > > the append='hdd=ide-scsi'. This is the preferred way, and your CDRW will > > work as /dev/scd0 assuming you have set the following: > > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI #scsi emulation > > CONFIG_SCSI #scsi support > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR #scsi cdrom > > CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG #scsi generic > > > But, my hdc is an ordinary IDE CD-ROM drive; without setting > CONFIG_IDECD how will I be able to access it? > > I had a sneaking feeling I was being over-optimistic in assuming I > understood the requirements. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
