want to unsubscribe from the list. pls let me know whom to send the mail regarding this regards, abhi Martin McCormick wrote: > I upgraded to Linux3.0 this Summer and my ability to >record CD's using SCSI emulation died on two different systems. >On one system, I finally got it working with some help, but it >does work again like it should. It turns out that you must >enable SCSI emulation in your kernel which is no big surprise. >You also must enable CDROM support even though your CDRW drive is >an IDE drive, and you must also enable generic SCSI support. > > That fixed things for that system. > > My work station at my job location seems very similar in >that it is a Dell Dimension series system only slightly newer >than the one I got back to good health again. Its IDE drive is a >Sony drive but is otherwise a normal IDE device. After I did the >same three things to that system, it showed all the correct test >results one can look for. If, for example, you type > >cat /proc/scsi/scsi, you will get a listing of all the SCSI >devices you have. I see the CDRW drive and it also shows up >properly in a second test one can run that will make your system >output a little form which describes your CDRW drive and its >capabilities. > > At this point, both systems behave the same way. > > The trouble comes any time I want to use cdrecord on the >system with the Sony drive. > > Cdrecord starts out normally and then fails with an error >saying that it can't find /dev/pg0. /dev/pg0 is the first >parallel port SCSI device. I could certainly build a new kernel >with parallel SCSI support, but is this really necessary? The >CDRW drive connects to an IDE controller, not the Printer port. > > I am confused. That system does appear to be otherwise >quite functional. > >Martin McCormick > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >
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