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Re(2): cdrom + mandrake 7 problem
On 27-Apr-2000 Omer Mussaev wrote:
> solomon@barak-online.net wrote:
>
>> is already done for you. But apparently there's a bug in the installation
>> routine or the kernel or both since this does not work. What you have to do
>> is to re-compile the kernel after **removing** ide cdrom support.
>
> And thats makes perfect sense. In docs for SCSI-emulation, you can read
> following:
>
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help:
>
> 453 If both this SCSI emulation and native ATAPI support are compiled
> 454 into the kernel, the native support will be used.
>
> And again, Madrake did their best to pack a pile of shit into glossy paper.
I agree that it's logical for it to work that way in Mandrake. The problem
is caused by the fact that as I wrote earlier, it doesn't work that way in
RedHat 6.0 so this causes alot of confusion. As illogical as it seems,
in RedHat, after adding SCSI emulation, you continue accessing the
CD-RW and CD as IDE devices. You use the emulation only when writing to the
CD-RW (cdrecord, Xcdroast) so you actually access the same physical device as
IDE **and** SCSI - depending on whether you want to read or write !!!! In fact,
I don't really see why the Mandrake distro doesn't just throw out the IDE CD
support and avoid the confusion. And although the Mandrake documentation is
generally pretty good, I found no mention of the problem or solution.
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Date: 27-Apr-2000 Time: 20:18:05
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