Re: ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdXas device

[Randy.Dunlap]

Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> Hi, don't feel much better but thanks a lot!
>
> in conclusion ? 
> 1- hdc=ide-scsi, now should be hdc=ide-cd for general cd-writer, because
> cdrecorder don't need scsi emulation anymore.

At least partially correct:  don't use "hdc=ide-scsi".
However, I don't use "hdc=ide-cd" and I can burn CDs,
so that's not needed AFAIK.

> 2- as hdc already is ide-cd by default, therefore is not necessary to
> write it and what should be made is erase the line hdc=ide-scsi.
>
> Correct ?

Ah, yes, we seem to agree on that.

HTH.
~Randy

> On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 18:25 -0800, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>
> > Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> >
> > > "Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as device" 
> > > cracks me up , Can someone translate this to English ?
> >
> > I'll try.
> > It means:  don't use the ide-scsi driver.  Support for it is
> > lagging (not well-maintained) because it's really not needed for
> > burning CDs.  Just use the ide-cd driver (module) and
> > specify the CD burner device as /dev/hdX.
> >
> > Example with cdrecord:
> > deprecated:
> > cdrecord -dev=1,0,0 -data backup.iso
> > modern :)
> > cdrecord -dev=/dev/hdc -data backup.iso
> >
> > Do you know how to _not_ use ide-scsi?  Don't load the module
> > if you have it built as a module, or don't build it into the
> > kernel boot image.  Mostly don't try to open /dev/sdX, just use
> > /dev/hdX instead.
> >
> > Hope you feel better soon.
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