CD-RW help 2 (Re: [Nottingham] Request for CDW help)

[Martin]

Duncan John Fyfe wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Martin wrote:
[...]
>>I'm also a little bemused by how these loaded modules tie together and
>>how devfs generates the /dev entries... So far I've failed to see
>>anything more than an empty /dev/scsi...
>>
>>I'd rather not have to boot over the Windoze just to use my CD-RW.
>>
>>Any clues or pointers would be greatly welcome. I can post the relevant
>>files if any gurus out there welcome a detective challenge! So far, the
>>mandrake newsnet group have come up blank.
>>
> 
> 
> You might do what I've done. Ditch ide-cd  entirely in favour of ide-scsi emulation for all CDRW and CD/DVD type drives.
> I found it solved all sorts of hassles.
> 
> Can you do an 'hdparm -i ...' on you cd-rw and find out what it thinks
> it is capable of.  I had problems because mine only handles mdma2 but
> the kernel tried auto-assumed udma. The solution was to disable auto-assume udma and enabe it on a per interface option.


Hiya,

And yep... I'm having fun,... sort of... (:-((


OK, I'll admit my near complete ignorance...
Where/how do I nuke ide-cd? And will devfs pick up the pieces?

Aside: I have noticed 256 "md..." entries in /dev ...

Thanks,
Martin

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