[lug] IDE cd writer config

[D. Stimits]

Tony Dyson wrote:
> 
> I've been reading the docs & usenet postings on this topic, & I also
> discovered this section in RH 7.2 /etc/rc.sysinit:
> 
> # If they asked for ide-scsi, load it
> if grep -q "ide-scsi" /proc/cmdline ; then
>         modprobe ide-cd >/dev/null 2>&1
>         modprobe ide-scsi >/dev/null 2>&1
> fi
> 
> I've not yet found what instruction you'd have to add to /proc/cmdline
> to trigger this section. Has anyone used it, & should it be sufficient
> to enable the device? It seems "sparse" compared to the suggestions in
> the how-tos.
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If you do not enable the /proc filesystem in the kernel config, you
won't have this. But based on that script, it is looking to find
literally "ide-scsi" on the command line of the kernel parameters. At
the lilo boot prompt you'd simply enter your kernel name (tab key to get
list), a space, and "ide-scsi", e.g., if you had your kernel listed as
"linux", then "linux ide-scsi". In lilo you can automatically add
parameters with the append="whatever other" instruction, e.g., under the
image= line for a particular kernel image (see lilo.conf). If you use
grub, I do not know what the equivalent is for the lilo append= line.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com