[Techtalk] cdrw and dv drivers

Glen Strom gstrom at eol.ca
Sat Jul 5 14:49:52 EST 2003


On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 14:07:15 -0400 (EDT)
Kathryn Hargreaves <kathryn at math.umb.edu> wrote:

> 
> 
> Where do I find drivers for Sony CDRW CRX 100E and NEC DV-5500A?
> I can't get the kernel to detect either of these.  I take it I need to
> recompile the kernel?

I have a Sony CRX 100E. You shouldn't need to recompile the kernel.
You do need to make your system think the drive is a scsi device. I have
an entry like this in LILO:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
append="hdd=ide-scsi"

I don't have a DVD drive, but I'm assuming it needs the same thing.



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