Re: [gentoo-dev] IDE ATAPI CD-RW: give the newbies a leg up!

[Russ Tennant]

Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:

>I have given pretty detailed instructions in the past on this list how to do
>it, with both modules and with linking ide-scsi into the kernel.  Both work.
>Search the archives, it is only a week or so back.
>
>Tom Veldhouse
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gilles Pelletier" <gipe@×××××××××.ca>
>To: <gentoo-dev@g.o>
>Cc: <drobbins@g.o>
>Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 1:25 PM
>Subject: [gentoo-dev] IDE ATAPI CD-RW: give the newbies a leg up!
>
>
>Isn't it strange that, though almost everybody now has an IDE ATAPI
>CD-RW, instructions on how to get them working are very hard to find?
>
>Please don't forget the newbies. Even if they used Mandrake, Lycoris,
>ELX or Xandros, ir won't be much help if they want to learn more with
>Gentoo. Make sure you give them an adequate leg up. Don't forget
>J-C's advice: no strong foundations, no solid building . :)
>
>So, Here are the instructions I wrote using Slackware (I haven't moved
>to Gentoo... yet.) I suppose it would be easy for you to adapt them
>if need be.
>
>-------------------
>
>Add
>
>append="hdx=ide-scsi"
>
>to /etc/lilo.conf
>­­­­­
>This line loads a module in the kernel for scsi emulation because
>Linux normally works only with scsi cd writers.  The x should usually
>be replaced by c as the cd rewriter is most often plugged as the
>secondary master. If not, it should be b for primary slave or d for
>secondary slave.
>
>--------------------
>
>Add
>
>/sbin/modprobe ide-scsi
>
>to /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
>
>This line loads the scsi module installed by lilo.conf
>
>---------------------
>
>Add
>
>/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0  0
>
>to /etc/fstab
>
>At boot time, this line in the file system table (fstab) will allow to
>mount the cdrom to the mount point /mnt/cdrom .
>
>*********************
>For more advanced users:
>
>Notice that, after loading the scsi module, if no other scsi device is
>present, the device for the cdrom is scd0 instead of hdc (for a
>read-only ide cdrom plugged on secondary master.) In some Linux
>distros, a link is made from /dev/scd0 to /mnt/cdrom or other
>mounting point, so that the line in fstab may read something like:
>
>/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0  0
>**********************
>
>The third field means the file system is the standard iso9660.
>
>"noauto", means "Do not mount the device automatically at boot time" .
>(On the countrary, your hard disk, which is a non-removable device,
>is mounted automatically. The system knows it is there, whereas there
>might not be a cd in your cd writer :)
>
>"user" allows any user to mount the cdrom. "owner" would allow only
>root to mount it. "users" would allow to unmount the cdrom even if it
>has been mounted by another user: seldom used.
>
>"ro" means read-only. Don't ask me why the cd writer has to be mounted
>read-only.
>
>"0   0" relates to dumping and checking the filesystem. Forget about
>this for now.
>
>----------------
>
>That's it folks! Don't you think, for 99.9% of your users, those few
>lines would do a better job than the 75k outdated howto?
>
>Gilles Pelletier
>--
>La Masse critique
>http://pages.infinit.net/mcrit
>

This is in the install document with the exception of the "user" option 
for mount.