ATAPI CD burners

[Joshua Penix]

On Oct 7, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Lan Barnes wrote:

> This is with RH 9 kernel 2.4.20-8 (stock), and I suspect that I need to
> compile a custom kernel with some SCSI options. Can anyone confirm or
> deny this from the sketchy data I've just given?

Deny.  The RedHat kernel will serve (though you should probably update 
it to the latest errata).  You'll need the ide-scsi modules loaded to 
serve as the translation layer.  You'll also need to add a kernel boot 
parameter to lilo/grub that "hdc=ide-scsi" which tells the kernel's 
normal IDE subsystem not to grab control of the CD drive, but instead 
leave it for the ide-scsi module to pick up.

Once you have all that set, cdrecord -scanbus as root should see the 
drive as a SCSI device.

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