Re: SCSI, ATAPI and burners [SOLVED]
From: Jim Hall (volunteer_at_revealed.net)
Date: 04/19/05
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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:51:03 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Jim Hall wrote:
> Bill Day wrote:
>
>> When I did my original Woody installation I too had that problem, but
>> with the installation of sarge and a 2.6 kernel I no longer had to add
>> scsi emulation for my burner in lilo.conf or in grubs menu.1st.
>>
>> I suggest upgrading yoru kernel to a proper 2.6.x kernel for your
>> arch, you will still have the option to boot the old kernel while you
>> work out any bugs you may have with the new kernel(as long as your
>> /boot is large enough), another one of my mistakes. I know better
>> now, and have a /boot of 450MB, with plenty of room to play with new
>> kernels. 8-)
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> On Tuesday March 29 2005 8:45 am, Jim Hall wrote:
>>
>>> Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 07:11:57 -0600, Jim Hall <volunteer@revealed.net>
>>>
>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>> In Sarge, all of the installed burner packages are having problems.
>>>>> Some
>>>>> of the docs say I should define the burner as a SCSI device because
>>>>> ATAPI is a form of SCSI.
>>>>>
>>>>> The installer asked if I had SCSI devices. Should I have said "Yes"
>>>>> (for
>>>>> the sake of future installs)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2.6 kernels already have native ATAPI support.
>>>
>>>
>>> Since I used the default 2.4 kernel, I can only use a 2.6 kernel on this
>>> system if it's fairly safe (repeat: safe) to switch.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyway, attaching a SCSI device in the future is straight-forward
>>>> enough that it doesn't warrant reinstallation procedures.
>>>
>>>
>>> I wasn't considering actual future SCSI devices or reinstallation, only
>>> the posibility that if I had said yes to the SCSI option when I
>>> installed, I wouldn't be asking this question now.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> I should be able to get on the system in question this weekend. I'll
> check out what's been suggested and run some experiments. I'll post back
> the results early next week.
>
> Jim
>
>
Sorry for the delay. I finally got to work on this system. I used a
Knoppix v3.6 CD with the 2.6 kernel. I burned the Knoppix v3.7 iso
perfectly. The 2.6 kernel appears to be the way to go. /boot is 118MB,
so that looks OK.
Another problem solved,
Jim
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