fatboy wrote:
> i recently posted this question regarding on how to set up scsi emulation
> for both my CDRom drives.
> this is a older box with a AMD K6 @500 mhz & the kernel that i am using is
> 2.4.27. i do not want to install a 2.6.* kernel because of other reasons.
> all i would like to know is what entries / changes i need to add to fstab &
> other related files to get scsi emulation working.

I handle my CD-RW SCSI emulation via kernel boot option. In my
particular case, I have this as part of my default boot in my
/boot/grub/menu.lst:
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz ro hdc=scsi

The hdc=scsi option is sufficient to take the CD-RW drive, that would
otherwise appear as /dev/hdc, and have it instead work as /dev/scd0

Michael Paoli wrote:


>
> I handle my CD-RW SCSI emulation via kernel boot option. In my
> particular case, I have this as part of my default boot in my
> /boot/grub/menu.lst:
> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz ro hdc=scsi

i appreciate the reply. i will try this later this evening.
>
> The hdc=scsi option is sufficient to take the CD-RW drive, that would
> otherwise appear as /dev/hdc, and have it instead work as /dev/scd0

is that all? would i need to also make a symlink somewhere?
i appreciate your help.

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fatboy wrote:
> Michael Paoli wrote:
> > I handle my CD-RW SCSI emulation via kernel boot option. In my
> > particular case, I have this as part of my default boot in my
> > /boot/grub/menu.lst:
> > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz ro hdc=scsi
> > The hdc=scsi option is sufficient to take the CD-RW drive, that would
> > otherwise appear as /dev/hdc, and have it instead work as /dev/scd0

> is that all? would i need to also make a symlink somewhere?

I don't think there are any particular links you need to make, except
possibly something like /dev/cdrom, if you want it to link to the
appropriate device.