David Topper wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Well, I'm sure this must be documented somewhere, but I can't seem to
> find it on google. The problem is simple. I've got an IDE cd burner,
> so I need to use the ide_scsi modules.
>
> 1) They don't seem to get loaded properly so I have to load them
> manually before burning
> 2) They don't unload when I need to do things like mount a cdrom w/
> filesystem or play and audio cd. So I have to unload them and reload
> the regular ide-cdrom modules.
>
> Is there a way to solve this? The users in my lab will have a really
> hard time burning CDs and such with this problem ... as they of course
> don't have root access.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Dave Topper
>

Hi,
I am using an IDE CD-ROM burner under Debian.
The modules I use are the sg and ide_scsi modules.
You can auto load them by placing the module names in /etc/modules
In /dev, my cdrom is a symlink to the scd0 device, so I never need to
use the cdrom as an IDE device.

I also have used append="hdx=ide-scsi" (replace hdx with the proper ide
device: probably hdb, hdc, or hdd)

also you remove a module stack with modprobe -r module
and sometimes modprobe -q iwll load stubborn modules.
check the manpage :-)
I hope this is a little helpful.

Dave Dawson

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