On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:15:25 -0400, Filippos Klironomos <presariod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Now your problem is most likely a ATAPI problem. I used to get the > same response from cdrecord when I had SCSI emulation on for my ATAPI > CD burner. So one thing you should do is turn it off and try to use > cdrecord. Here are the steps: > > First go to /boot/grub/grub.conf and back it up just in case: > > cd /boot/grub > cp grub.conf grub.conf.BAK > > Then edit grub.conf with your favorite editor and see if there is a command: > > hdx=ide-scsi > > on the kernel command line that you are using. Notice that "x" is the > letter for the ide device that your CD is using so it can be anything. > If there is this command delete ONLY that and leave the rest intact. > Save and exit from your editor. > > Now go to your /etc/modprobe.conf file and see if there is an option: > > options ide-cd ignore=hdx > > where "x" again pertains to your ide letter. Comment that part out by > putting a hash "#" in front of it. Now you are ready to go. If your > kernel was compiled with native ATAPI support then by rebooting your > system to the same kernel your device should be ready to use. If you > give: > This is a clean FC2 install so none of this applies. > cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI > > cdrecord should respond with your ATAPI device numbers identified. > > Good luck! > This worked and listed the drives, but k3b still hangs as root and on previous kernel and cdrecord still hangs trying to write an iso. Thanks Pybe On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:15:25 -0400, Filippos Klironomos <presariod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There are 4 ide devices ide1 has 2 hard drives and ide2 has cdrw and cdrom > > > > Tried cdrecord --dev=/dev/hdd -immed blah.iso and still hangs exactly the same. > > > > Woooooa! Slow down! You don't want to corrupt your hard disk! Some of > those 4 ide devices are your partitions on your hard disk that have > FC2 and whatever else installed on your system. Don't play around with > them and especially when you have root privileges! > > Now your problem is most likely a ATAPI problem. I used to get the > same response from cdrecord when I had SCSI emulation on for my ATAPI > CD burner. So one thing you should do is turn it off and try to use > cdrecord. Here are the steps: > > First go to /boot/grub/grub.conf and back it up just in case: > > cd /boot/grub > cp grub.conf grub.conf.BAK > > Then edit grub.conf with your favorite editor and see if there is a command: > > hdx=ide-scsi > > on the kernel command line that you are using. Notice that "x" is the > letter for the ide device that your CD is using so it can be anything. > If there is this command delete ONLY that and leave the rest intact. > Save and exit from your editor. > > Now go to your /etc/modprobe.conf file and see if there is an option: > > options ide-cd ignore=hdx > > where "x" again pertains to your ide letter. Comment that part out by > putting a hash "#" in front of it. Now you are ready to go. If your > kernel was compiled with native ATAPI support then by rebooting your > system to the same kernel your device should be ready to use. If you > give: > > cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI > > cdrecord should respond with your ATAPI device numbers identified. > > Good luck! >
