On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 09:56:32PM +0100, Sebastiaan wrote: > High, > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, David Richards wrote: > > > OK. Once i create the new kernel. Could i create a boot disk with the new > > kernel on it to test if it boots. > > I havent have much with compilig kernels in the past. > > > Of course. A simple 'dd if=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage > of=/dev/fd0' will give you a bootable floppy. Not sure about passing the > options of the command line. > > But kernel compilation is pretty easy. Be sure you have the source > unpacked in /usr/src/linux. Then copy /boot/config-2.4.15 to > /usr/src/linux/.config (or whatever your current kernel config is). > > Then do a 'make oldconfig' first if your source is newer than your > currect kernel and 'make menuconfig' after that to enable scsi emulation. > > Then you can compile simply by 'make dep && make bzImage && make modules > && make modules_install && cp arch/i386/bzImage /vmlinuz-2.4.17 && cp > .config /boot/config-2.4.17' > > Then reconfigure /etc/lilo.conf (don't forget the append="hdc=scsi") and > you should be able to boot without problems. > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > > > david > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sebastiaan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "David Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 11:42 AM > > Subject: Re: cdrecord + ide cdrw > > > > > > > High, > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, David Richards wrote: > > > > > > > HI > > > > Under redhat i was able to use my cdrw. In debian when i type > > > > cdrecord -scanbus > > > > it comes back with > > > > spaceport:/home/davidr# cdrecord -scanbus > > > > Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling > > > > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > > > > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you > > are > > > > root. > > > > spaceport:/home/davidr# > > > > > > > You have to compile the ide-scsi emulation support in the kernel. So > > > basically, you recompile your kernel with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y > > > (module does not work) and boot your kernel with parameter 'hdc=scsi', > > > where hdc is your cdrw. Then it became a scsi device (so your cdrom is now > > > /dev/scd0 in stead of /dev/hdc, if you loaded the scsi cdrom module). > > > > > > Then you should be alble touse your burner. > > >
There is a debian way of doingt that compilation, somewhat easier... make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=<your_kernel_name> kernel_image dpkg -i <your_kernel_image.deb> Hope this is less painful... :-) Davor
