cannot find scsi cdrom

mm3000 · 08-04-2004, 09:08 PM

I can not find my scsi burner in my slack10 system. I did a "mesg | less" and it doesn't have any scsi drives in it. Should I recompile the kernel? or is there something else I should do?
Cheers

Tinkster · 08-04-2004, 09:17 PM

What's your controller? Slack may well have the module
already compiled, you probably just need to load it.

Cheers,
Tink

mm3000 · 08-04-2004, 09:51 PM

forgive me asking, however how can I check if the modular is loaded.

Tinkster · 08-04-2004, 09:53 PM

lsmod

mm3000 · 08-04-2004, 09:58 PM

I'll give that a try, thanks Tinkster

guzzi · 08-04-2004, 10:00 PM

on the command line run cdrecord -scanbus
If your system can find your scsi cdr it will show up with that.

At / create the directory cdrw

goto the /dev directory and create a symlink to scd0
do that with ln -s scd0 cdrw

modify your /etc/fstab to have this line
/dev/cdrw /cdrw iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0

then stick a cdrom in the scsi drive and
mount /cdrw
ls /cdrw
umount /cdrw

if that doesn't work lets talk.

gbonvehi · 08-04-2004, 11:54 PM

Hi Guzzy, what you say is right but i want to say two things. One, he can create the mount point in /mnt which is usually the default

And two, the cd-rw is not being detected, so cdrecord won't detect it either.
Btw mm3000 are you using kernel 2.4.X if so, are you using the append option in lilo?

mm3000 · 08-05-2004, 03:53 AM

When I lsmod I recieved this

Code:

dave@linux:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by

when I modprobe -l it list these

Code:

/lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sr_mod.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sx4.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_sis.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/scsi/ipr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.7/kernel/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.ko

do I have to install these modulars now to get the burner to work?
Will I have to do it each time I start

Tinkster · 08-05-2004, 03:58 AM

Obviously a 2.6 kernel ... but I still don't know what
model & make the controller is ... is it a dpt?

Cheers,
Tink

mm3000 · 08-05-2004, 04:09 AM

Tinkster, its been in there for so long I do not really remember. At boot it says 'AdvanceSys PCI Ultra SCSI'. I should know, what it is. Do not if this helps
cheers

Tinkster · 08-05-2004, 02:06 PM

lspci

:}

Cheers,
Tink

mm3000 · 08-06-2004, 04:26 AM

heres the lspci output:

Code:

root@linux:/home/dave# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03 )
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139 C+ (rev 10)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor Vortex 2 (rev fe)
00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced System Products, Inc ABP940-U / ABP960 -U (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

not to sure what now?

Tinkster · 08-06-2004, 05:02 PM

Try
modprobe advansys

:}

If that loads without errors, have a look at
/proc/scsi/scsi
and check whether your cd shows up.

Cheers,
Tink

P.S.: I can't stand the 2.6 Kernel's way of handling
the documentation that shows up in "make menuconfig" ;}

mm3000 · 08-07-2004, 03:52 AM

thanks again for the suggestion Tinkster, however again no luck. got the message
FATAL: Module advansys not found.
I think i might recompling the kernal and see if that helps.
cheers

gbonvehi · 08-07-2004, 04:03 AM

The correct option in the kernel is CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS.
If you make xconfig goto SCSI SUPPORT then SCSI Low-level drivers there you have Advansys SCSI Support.

EDIT: Forgot to say, this is kernel 2.4.X (i don't remember if the menu was the same on 2.6)