Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:56:53 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as device |
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Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote: > Hi, don't feel much better but thanks a lot! > > in conclusion ? > 1- hdc=ide-scsi, now should be hdc=ide-cd for general cd-writer, because > cdrecorder don't need scsi emulation anymore.
At least partially correct: don't use "hdc=ide-scsi". However, I don't use "hdc=ide-cd" and I can burn CDs, so that's not needed AFAIK.
> 2- as hdc already is ide-cd by default, therefore is not necessary to > write it and what should be made is erase the line hdc=ide-scsi. > > Correct ?
Ah, yes, we seem to agree on that.
HTH. ~Randy
> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 18:25 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > >>Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote: >> >>>"Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as device" >>>cracks me up , Can someone translate this to English ? >> >>I'll try. >>It means: don't use the ide-scsi driver. Support for it is >>lagging (not well-maintained) because it's really not needed for >>burning CDs. Just use the ide-cd driver (module) and >>specify the CD burner device as /dev/hdX. >> >>Example with cdrecord: >>deprecated: >>cdrecord -dev=1,0,0 -data backup.iso >>modern :) >>cdrecord -dev=/dev/hdc -data backup.iso >> >>Do you know how to _not_ use ide-scsi? Don't load the module >>if you have it built as a module, or don't build it into the >>kernel boot image. Mostly don't try to open /dev/sdX, just use >>/dev/hdX instead. >> >>Hope you feel better soon. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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