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I recompile my kernel for scsi simulation support (for CDRW stuff) --- it
seems that the simulation support feature works .  This is the line taken
from dmesg

SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
  Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: CD-R   PX-W1210A  Rev: 1.08
  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02

but now once I boot into the system, I have no idea where the cdrom is (I
can't mount it)... it's not in /dev/hdc  , /dev/scd0 , /dev/cdrom    -- is there
something I can do to check what /dev/block my cdrom is on ?

btw, I have this line in my lilo.conf  -- don't know if that affects
anything
append="hdc=ide-scsi"

Quote:>  SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
>  scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
>    Vendor: PLEXTOR   Model: CD-R   PX-W1210A  Rev: 1.08
>    Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02

>  but now once I boot into the system, I have no idea where the cdrom is (I
>  can't mount it)... it's not in /dev/hdc  , /dev/scd0 , /dev/cdrom    --
>  is there something I can do to check what /dev/block my cdrom is on ?

>  btw, I have this line in my lilo.conf  -- don't know if that affects
>  anything
>  append="hdc=ide-scsi"

If "cdrecord -scanbus" sais something like this:

scsibus0:
        0,0,0     0) 'PLEXTOR ' 'CD-R   PX-W8432T' '1.05' Removable CD-ROM

then it should be /dev/scd0. Your's is probably another number: scd1 or
higher.

Also check that the necessary devicefiles do exist.

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The "SCSI CD-ROM support" is sr (if compiled into the kernel - I
recommend this) or sr-mod if compiled as a module. It is the one used
for mounting CDROMs.

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Then try mounting the CDROM. Another thing to look at is
# dmesg

Look for lines like:

Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

In that case the device file is /dev/sr0, which is generally the same as
/dev/scd0.

If that works, then you just don't have things set up to automatically
load the sr module (which is what is used for mounting when using ide-scsi).

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thanks