[Techtalk] Funky Modules Problem

[David Merrill]

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On Sunday 21 July 2002 12:14 pm, Julie wrote:
> Greets,
>
> I just upgraded to the 2.4.18 kernel.  Suddenly most of my
> modules aren't getting automatically loaded and worst of all,
> the IDE-SCSI emulation isn't preventing my CD-ROM burning
> from becoming an IDE (/dev/hdd) device.  I think that's
> because the ide-scsi modules isn't getting loaded.
>
> Did something change in the processing of /etc/modules.conf
> for 2.4.18?

Funny, I just set up my CD-RW this afternoon so I could burn a CD for my 
new laptop. So this topic is fresh on my mind. And I'm running 2.4.18 as 
well, on Debian. :-)

Check dmesg to see if ide-scsi is being loaded at all. If so, you may be 
getting contention between the two drivers. You have to tell the kernel 
which driver to use for your CD-W drive. If you're booting with LILO, add 
to your 2.4.18 section's kernel options "hdd=ide-scsi". If you're passing 
multiple options, separate them with spaces. This tells the kernel which 
driver to use for the device, so you'll need to substitute your own drive 
for hdd, which is mine. :-)

I used the CD-Writing-HOWTO at the LDP and it was helpful, but I had to 
read very carefully. I used the scripts he provided, putting them in 
/usr/local/bin, and they worked great for me. The url is 
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html

Good luck, let us know how you do.

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