On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 04:45:03PM -0800, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > I'm trying to get the latest version of xcdroast (0.98alpha15) to work > with fedora 3. Running it "as is" gives the message: > > "You have selected an ATAPI device as your CD-writer. This is not a > recommended setup -- you will experience long delays and bad writing > performance. See the FAQ..." > > The FAQ suggests using SCSI emulation. I've added "hdc=ide-scsi" to the > kernel line in grub.conf. Running "cdrecord --scanbus" shows: > > scsibus1: > 1,0,0 100) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX215E1 ' 'SYS2' Removable CD-ROM > > So far, so good.... I believe the next step is to add the line: > > options ide-cd ignore=hdc > > to the /etc/modules.conf file. But that file is not part of the fedora > 3 distribution. > > Where do I go from here? Do I add the "options" line (or something like > it) to /etc/modprobe.conf? Or is some other cd burning program with a > gui recommended for use with this distribution? > > Thanks for the help! What you do is ignore that message and just use the ATAPT. It will work with out any trouble. Someone said SCSI emulation was obsoleted with the 2.6 kernel. ======================================================================= To err is human -- to blame it on a computer is even more so. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
