Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:34:26 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Linux v2.5.43 |
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On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Shawn wrote:
> On 10/16, Bill Davidsen said something like:
> > I hope you haven't broken running WITH ide-scsi, because most people still > > run 2.4 kernels in real life and only test 2.5 because someone has to do > > it. Reconfiguring the system to use ide-scsi or not is just one more PITA > > thing which needs to be done, or more likely forgotten, with every new > > kernel. > > Honestly, I think it's ok to bust the old stuff if needed. This is > simply my opinion from a user standpoint. > > It's really just one kernel argument or /etc/modules.conf modification > to fix the old setup, asnd likely, if you set it up in the first place, > you can un-set it up.
And change every script from dev=b,d,l to dev=/dev/cdN. Without hitting the actual SCSI CD's, and of course the scd0 (ATAPI on ide-scsi) goes away so you have to rename all of your real SCSI CD's.
On a simple system with one ATAPI CD the problem is small, but on a larger and busier system with a fair number of CD-RW drives, it is likely to be a real pain, and if you forget to convert back you mess up production stuff.
It's not impossible, just something I would rather not do unless the system is going permanently to 2.6, maybe not even then, since what I have works fine.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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