Re: [SLUG] 5th of a dozen questions - scsi emulation

From: steve (steve@itcom.net)
Date: Sun Nov 25 2001 - 10:07:16 EST


Another point.
You can use both /dev/scd0 and /dev/sr0. Either one will work.
(If you read CD-WRITING-HOWTO it says sr0.)
I have a dvd player and a cdrw and both work fine with either.

On Sunday 25 November 2001 12:42 am, you wrote:
> On Saturday 24 November 2001 04:40 am, you wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 November 2001 1:01 pm, you wrote:
> > > Hello sluggers,
> >
> > Make sure the line in lilo.conf reads
> >
> > append "hdc=ide-scsi"
> >
> > Neil
>
> OOOooops.....My mistake..... Typo .. I misled you all.
> Actually the line does read:
> append = "hdc=ide-scsi" It is hdc, have 2 hard drives.
>
> Trouble is it doesn't work. Here is a corrected update of what I did.
>
> # 1 - Went into lilo.conf  and added the statement  
>    append = "hdc=ide-scsi"
> # 2 - Went into  /etc/init.d/boot.local  and added this statement
>           /sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
> # 3 - Created a softlink      ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrecorder
> # 4 - Created a directory   /media/cdrecorder
> # 5 - Went into fstab and checked to make sure the line about the
> cdrecorder was correct.    
> /dev/cdrecorder    /media/cdrecorder  auto ro,noauto,user,exec  0 0
>
> When I try to mount the cdrecorder as root or as user, I get the
> message   "/dev/cdrecorder:unknown device"  
>  
> Is the line in fstab correct? The soft link exists, and a cat
> /proc/modules shows the ide-scsi module loaded.  a cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> shows no devices, but I assume that won't show until the cdrecorder is
> mounted.  Could it be that scd0 is not the right module?  I have a USB
> camera that loads as a scsi device but it is sda1.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas? (After unintentionally misleading
> you with my inattentive typing?)
>
> Bob S



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