Hi, Martin: I have it as modules, and I have had no dificulty with it since at least 2.2.12. I have it on my IBM Thinkpad T20, where I have a swappable ide burner. Guess I like doing modules unless I know there's a problem that way. On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Martin G. McCormick wrote: > Janina Sajka writes: > >Do you reference ide-scsi in your lilo.conf? > > No, and if I was a gambler, I would bet that there in > lies the problem. > > > I have it as: > > > >append = "hdc=ide-scsi hde=ide-scsi" > > I remember reading that directive in the HOWTO or > somewhere that dealt with this topic and I was kind of confused at > the time or maybe half asleep and thought that this was something > taken care of in the kernel configuration. > > Do you have the SCSI emulation and driver set up as > loadable modules or did you just reply y to having that module > become an integral part of the kernel? That is how I have done > the SCSI configuration because it is something that will more > than likely get used all the time. Except for the increase in > kernel size, it is probably more efficient to have things like > that compiled in. > > As I said, this may be the missing link that explains why > nothing seems to tie the SCSI support to what is actually > there. > > Again thanks for the reminder. I certainly hope that > that is what's missing. This system just isn't that unusual. > > Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org