On Sunday 06 July 2003 21:49, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > cr wrote: > > Just continuing to get my setup sorted.... I need an overview of ATAPI > > cd-writer installation under Debian. > > > > I've read the HOWTOs but I tend to get bogged down and confused in all > > the details. And in the past I've found, when I've managed to get > > X-cd-roast working (under previous Redhat installations), I've lost the > > ability to mount > > the cd-rom in the usual way. But anyway, I know the hardware all works > > > > :) > > This is probably because after loading scsi emulation, you can no longer > use the IDE device file (/dev/hdb) to mount, instead you must use the > correct scsi cdrom device file (/dev/scd0). All you have to do is either > change the fstab (if the entry in fstab for the cdrom uses the ide device > file) or change some symlink (if the fstab entry uses some symlink like > /dev/cdrom that points to your cdrom)
OK, thanks for that. That explains it. > > I'm running Debian 3.0, idepci kernel, my cd-writer is a (Goldstar) > > LG8080 IDE/ATAPI which seems to be pretty much plain-vanilla (i.e. it > > needs no special drivers), on /hdb. > > > > I *think* that if the kernel has scsi support compiled into it, then I > > could just add hdb=ide-scsi to my Grub menu.lst file. However, > > cdrecord -scanbus seems to indicate scsi support isn't there: > > I *think* the standard kernels in Debian (at least I know about > 2.4.18-bf2.4) do not have the ide-scsi driver compiled in. > > > So I guess I need to load ide-scsi as a separate module. Can this be > > done > > at any time using insmod or modprobe? > > You can load the ide-scsi module at any time using insmod or modprobe. If > you want it to be automatically loaded at startup, make an entry in > /etc/modules. I believe I also probably need sg and sr_mod. Can they also be loaded via modprobe? And - this is probably a stupid question but, where would I find these modules - sg, sr_mod and ide-scsi? insmod can't find them - insmod: sg: no module by that name found I can't find them anywhere on my system, nor listed by name on the complete Debian Woody CD-rom contents list that I keep handy. The CD-Writing HOWTO says "Please read the next chapter if insmod complains about missing module files" but I can't find any further mention of them in the HOWTO (unless I missed it). > > And, if ide-scsi then stops me > > mounting my cd-writer as a regular ide device, can I remove ide-scsi > > with rmmod and will it then give me ide back? > > You can remove the ide-scsi module, however if you change your fstab, you > will also be able to mount your CD writer with ide-scsi. Additionally, > removing the driver won't help, because the kernel still won't use ide-cd > for the device because of your bootloader entry. OK, it looks as if I can leave ide-scsi installed permanently. > best regards > Andreas Janssen Many thanks Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
