[Nottingham] Request for CDW help

[Marcel Taylor]

On Tuesday 17 June 2003 02:54, Philip Scott wrote:
> > Can someone help getting my CDRW to work? Would you be willing to com=
e
> > round to my house and sort it out? I'd be happy to remunerate you in =
some
> > way, a meal,  drinks, etc.
> >
> > Trying to use the CDRW causes a kernel panic.
>
> You might try downloading a vanilla kernel from www.kernel.org (2.4.21 =
is
> the latest stable release) and compiling it yourself.
What is a vanilla kernal? I did try compiling a simple game a few months =
ago,=20
even that was beyond me!

Maybe it's a
> modification on SuSE's part that is messing things up.
>
> I suspect (but at am not at all sure, since I have never actually *used=
*
> usb, that you will need to compile the USB Mass Storage drivers for ATA=
 or
> ATPI bridge, and then you need the scsi-ide, so you're talking to your
> cdrom in scsi over ide over usb 8*) As I say, I'm not  all that sure, b=
ut
> that's my best guess. Does your cdrom show up in /proc/usb anywhere? Wh=
at
> happens if you plug it in whilst your computer is turned on?

Many Thanks,
Marcel