[ale] X-CD-Roast help

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ryan at techie.com wrote:
> 
> Here is what you have to do:
>         1:  deselect atapi cdrom support in the kernel
>         2:  Select scsi generic support
>         3:  Select scsi cdrom support
>         4:  Deselect "probe all LUNs"
>         5:  Recompile the kernel
> 
> This will emulate your cdroms as /dev/scd0, /dev/scd1, etc,.  use these
> devices in xcdroast and it will work like a charm.

A couple questions.  So a normal cdrom will work, but it now appears as
a scsi?  Is there any performance hit?  I'm planning on installing my
writer/rewriter along side my existing cdrom, not replace it.


> 
> On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Jonathan wrote:
> 
> > I am trying to use an IDE CD-ROM and CD-RW to burn cd's using
> > X-CD-Roast.  Here is the message that I get when I start:
> >
> > "No generic-scsi-support has been detected.  Without it no scsi-device
> > can be detected or used by x-cd-roast.  Please load the sb-module (eg
> > "insmod sg") or recompile your kernel with generic support."
> >
> > I have support built into the kernel.  When I go into scsi-info in
> > x-cd-roast it shows both drives(/dev/hdc, /dev/hdd) as well as the hard
> > drive (/dev/hda).  When I go to setup it shows both drives as an option
> > in the reader, but I can't get any choice for the writter.
> >
> > I run SuSE6.1, kernel 2.2.9.  Any help/ideas would be greatly
> > appreciated.  TIA
> >

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