[WYLUG-help] still trying to get this machine to copy cds/dvd s

[Anne Wilson]

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On Thursday 03 Mar 2005 09:38, Towle, William wrote:
> > Now, the same magazine suggests the bootloader will need to
> > be modified,
> > and says append a line to lilo.conf append = "hdd=ide-scsi"
> >
> > All very well, but I use grub so would that line work? I don't want
> > another disaster on my system. My /bott/grub/boot.conf reads:
>
>   You're right to suspect GrUB would want something
> different: the line quoted specifies parameters to the
> running kernel, and you should add the bit within quotes
> to one of GrUB's `kernel ...` lines - such as line three
>
> of the paragraph (verbatim from your own file) here:
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1.12_FC2)
> >         root (hd0,0)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.12_FC2 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.10-1.12_FC2.img
>
>   If you're being paranoid, you might want to test this
> first, either by entering the revised parameters to a
> "boot:" prompt, or -if available- using the facility
> GrUB has to (temporarily) modify the paragraph of
> configuration it's booting from.
>
IIRC that ide-scsi append should not be used with a 2.6 kernel.

Anne
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