[MLUG] making a ide-cdr work in RH Linux

["Bob Avery-Babel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hey All,

I'm trying to get this cdrw ide drive I bought to work. :-)

>From what I'm halfway understanding I have to make linux think I have a scsi
writer installed.

1. I have to make sure scsi support is enabled in the kernel. How do I check
to make sure it is?

If the module isn't loaded, do I have to load it at startup, like putting
this line in rc.local:

insmod ide-scsi (I don't know what the correct module is to use).

Then what do I do? I read somewhere that I have to make a modification to
grub, that looks something like this:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hda5 ide-scsi=/dev/hdd
 (labelling the ide drive as a scsi drive??)

This _can't_ be this complicated, can it?

This is what I show from lsmod:

ide-scsi                9664   0
scsi_mod              108608   1  [ide-scsi]
ide-cd                 30272   0
cdrom                  32224   0  [ide-cd]

I have a cd rom drive and this cdrw on the same channel. Both IDE.

Does anyone have any pointers or tips to help me get this thing working
tonight? Argh!

Thanks,

Bob



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