Re: Atapi CD-RW problem (ide-scsi)

From: Kristian André Gallis (kagallis_at_online.no)
Date: 08/29/04

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    Paul Howarth wrote:
    > On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 16:16, Kristian André Gallis wrote:
    >>I was going to burn my first CD with cdrecord on Fedora 2. But that
    >>didn't work. I had a problem when I used Fedora 1 aswell, but then I
    >>just followed a how-to in the Red Hat Linux Fedora bible to configure
    >>the IDE CD-ROM for recording.
    >>
    >>Then I got into trouble, because this how-to is for kernel 2.4 and I
    >>have 2.6.8. I didn't think of this and just tried to follow it step by
    >>step. The result was that cdrecord does still not work, and now _I'm not
    >>able to read CDs anymore!_
    >>
    >>The things I have done (run) is:
    >>
    >>[root@localhost /]# modprobe -a ide-scsi
    >
    >
    > You don't need ide-scsi to burn CDs on 2.6 kernels.

    Yes, I discovered this when I searched the web for solutions.

    >
    >>[root@localhost dev]# rm cdrom
    >>[root@localhost dev]# ln -s scd0 cdrom
    >>
    >>How can I revert to the original configuration? So I at least am able to
    >>read CDs?
    >
    >
    > rm /dev/cdrom
    > ln -s hdc /dev/cdrom

    Thanks. I actually tried this, but it didn't work. But after a reboot it
    did. So now I'm reading (and burning) CDs without problems!

    > Also bear in mind that you'll need to be root to burn CDs with a 2.6.8
    > kernel.

    Strange. But it is my own computer so that doesn't matter.

    Thanks for all other input aswell. I like this list. High volume, but it
    is very handy for a new Linux user like me. I have found answers to
    several problems without having to ask.

    Kristian André http://gallis.com/kag/ 

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