cdrecord not recognizing my ATAPI CD-RW

[ddm at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 09:09:34PM -0000, Seth Gordon wrote:
>    Make sure you load the ide-scsi module before you load the
>    cdrom module...
> 
>    -derek
> 
> Hmm.  If I have these statically compiled in, rather than as modules,
> is there a way to force Linux to not check for an ATAPI CD-ROM at boot
> time?  Or do I have to recompile the kernel?

Add an append line to lilo.conf:

  append="hdX=ide-scsi"

Where X is the letter of your CD drive (i.e. 'c' for /dev/hdc).


-- 
---------------------------------------------------
Derek Martin          |   Unix/Linux geek
ddm at pizzashack.org    |   GnuPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D
Retrieve my public key at http://pgp.mit.edu

-
Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with
"subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the
message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).