--- James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > charles f. zeitler wrote: > > it didn't work with my cdr > > as atapi, so i compiled my > > kernel (358) with scsi-emulation, > > scsi cdrom & generic scsi options > > set. > > You would also need to set an option in grub for > this to work. > the kernel compile inserted this automatically. > > it still detected my drive as atapi, > > so (in case the rpm was at fault :} ) > > i compiled xcdroast from tarball. > > > > it requested that i perform scsi-emulation! > > (after the kernel compile!) > > The Linux kernel crew prefer the ATAPI interface on > kernel 2.6 (it > wasn't an option on 2.4 or previous kernels). The > author of cdrecord > prefers his SCSI interface (he says it's more > portable). Non-Fedora > specific sources will probably point you to SCSI > emulation simply > because the source pre-dates the 2.6 kernel being > common in Linux > distributions. > interesting... > Fedora uses the ATAPI interface. > i have since partially solved the atapi prob- see "xcdroast atapi mode..." thread. > What happens if you run > cdrecord -inq dev=/dev/hdc > as root, where /dev/hdc is your CD-R/W? scsidev: '/dev/hdc' devname: '/dev/hdc' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.80-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.80 04/03/08 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identifikation : 'RW/DVD GCC-4120B' Revision : '2.01' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM. > > If you do want to use the scsi emulation, add > hdc=ide-scsi > to the end of the appropriate kernel line in > /etc/grub/grub.conf, where > hdc is your CD-R/W. For example, > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.6 ro root=/dev/hda6 rhgb > hdc=ide-scsi > yup, it's there... but i haven't tried my scsi kernel again, after removing the other cd unit (see the other thread)... thanks cfzeitler
