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

Randy.Dunlap
2005-02-15T04:07:11Z

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.