Hello,
I have simple problem, but I don't know how to solve it.

I installed Slackware 12.0 without problems.

dmesg shows me that double layer CD/DVD burner is detected
when scanning ide0 bus and correctly attach ide0 to hda

Problem is that hda does not exists in /dev, so I don't have the usual symlink /dev/cdrom.

I think I am missing some obvious thing, but I can't see what.

Thanks in advance for the help

Guido

P.S.: I pass append="hda=ide-scsi" to lilo at boot

Hi,

Welcome to the LQ forums!
I suggest that you edit /etc/group
Add your regular user to plugdev, cdrom, audio, video, wheel.

You are running a 2.4 kernel with scsi emulation for the burner? Oo

Interesting point.
Is this a clean install of Slackware 12 with the 2.6.21.5 kernel or is this an upgrade from Slackware 11?

I asked that only because:
Is strange, you know, to pass such an option if u have a 2.6 kernel [no emulation] xD

I possible that your kernel uses the new libata stack to handle your devices. Thus, it will no more link the devices to /dev/hdX but with some SCSI naming scheme such as sdX. My optical players/burners are for example linked to some strange device name who are sr0 and sr1.

The best think you can do to investigate about this to see what dmesg told during the boot. This is written in /var/log/dmesg or a file looking like 'dmesg' in /var/log. The messages are usually pretty explicit about what the kernel is doing and how the peripheral are linked in the file system; that's how I find out my DVD player was known as 'sr0'.
If you're not sure about what you will be reading or don't understand what it says, you can post it in this forum, someone should be able to figure it out and explain it.

Thanks for the replies.

I run 2.6.x kernel. The installation is from scratch. I didn't know I no longer need the ide-scsi thing, I will correct lilo.conf.

I'll try the suggestion and let you all know. Thanks again

Guido

It was the hda=ide-scsi thing, good for kernel 2.4 but not for 2.6, that messed things up.

Once corrected lilo.conf, the problem was solved and device hda appeared.

Thanks for the help and the patience

Guido

E' un piacere trovare un bell'italiano con una slackware da queste parti....belllaaaa

As you can see, the 2.6 branch of the kernel cut off the scsi4ide emulation needed by burners.
If u had ever configured a kernel your own, you can notice that in the ATA section of Device Drivers of a 2.6 under the help of that feature says:

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WARNING: ide-scsi is no longer needed for cd writing applications!
The 2.6 kernel supports direct writing to ide-cd, which eliminates
the need for ide-scsi + the entire scsi stack just for writing a cd. The new method is more efficient in every way.
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So you can even cut all the scsi stuff from the kernel if you don't need that