[wplug] installfest

[T Quine]

You don't have to disable atapi cdrom support, in fact, I reccomend against 
it.  There's no reason to.  Just put an append statement in your lilo.conf:

append="hdf=ide-scsi"

(where in my case, /dev/hdf is the cd burner)

-QUINE-



>From: "David Gerard Matthews Jr." <dgm4+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
>To: wplug at wplug.org
>Subject: Re: [wplug] installfest
>Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 16:09:55 -0400
>
>Aha, that's the problem.  I did turn on SCSI emulation, and I set up the
>link from /dev/sr0 to /dev/cdrom, but I left ATAPI CD-ROM support
>enabled.  (dgm feels like tool...)
>
>
>Bryce Lynch wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, David Gerard Matthews Jr. wrote:
> >
> > > Never figured out the IDE-SCSI emulation stuff.  I had it working on 
>my
> > > last installation, but then I did a fresh install and forgot how I did
> > > it.  I know it's something stupid, but I just haven't had time to 
>figure
> > > it out.
> >
> > In the block devices section, do NOT enable support for IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM
> > drives.  Turn in SCSI Emulation support.  In SCSI Support, turn on SCSI
> > CD-ROM and generic support.  Recompile, install new kernel, reboot.  
>When
> > your deck comes back up, you will no longer be able to use the /dev/hd?
> > device files to access your CD-ROM(s), but the /dev/sr? devices will.
> > Then you just need to install cdrecord and mkisofs.
> >
> > 
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