Subject: Re: cdrom drive (round two)
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 03 2001 - 20:39:18 MST
On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Mark Brethen wrote:
> Please help! I've installed YDL 2.1 and can't seem to be able to mount my
> internal cdrom. At bootup the kernel recognizes the device:
>
> hda: MATSHITA CR-585, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide0 at 0xd3a85000-0xd3a85007,0xd3a85160 on irq 13
> hda: Enabling MultiWord DMA 1
> hda: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
>
> I've read in the archives that I must have the CD recognized as a scsi device
> using the kernel command line argument "hda=ide-scsi". However, I did a lsmod
> and the ide-scsi module isn't listed. Am I on the right track? Where can I
> find the ide-scsi module?
>
lsmod will only list modules currently inserted into the kernel. Try
(as root) /sbin/insmod ide-scsi
You can add append hda=ide-scsi to teh correct section in yaboot.conf to
make this happen at eveyy boot (don't remember where exactly.. it's late
and I'm on the Dell box whilst the PowerBook sleeps downstairs..)
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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