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I just built a linux-only box running Slackware 10.0. Everything works, except my Plextor 12/4/32 SCSI CD writer doesn't seem to show up. It's connected properly, but I just don't know how to set it up. Help anybody? I can't seem to find any information on SCSI CD-writers and Linux.
What SCSI controller are you using in this PC? Does the controller recognize the drive during the boot scan? Do you have other SCSI devices on the same bus? What about the SCSI modules? Look at the output of /sbin/lsmod.
The drive will have a device ID of /dev/scd0, assuming its the only SCSI CDROM drive in your system.
The following command will list the SCSI devices if the modules are loaded.
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Adaptec 29160. It recognizes the drive during the boot: it shows up in the SCSI BIOS during boot time. I also have a Seagate SCSI Hard drive attached to it which is the location of my root and /usr partitions. .
It seems fine; it's just that I can't "find" it. I went into KDE and looked under the devices icon. My other DVD-ROM drive shows up, but not the Plextor.
My IDE is just a DVD-ROM drive. No writing things. When I try to edit most config files, I keep getting this message:
Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.26/modules.dep even when doing modprobe sr_mod
And when I edit the "more recent" file, it's blank.
Anyhoo, I did modprobe sr_mod and got that mesage, below it is:
modprobe: can't locate module sr_mod
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