Hi, I am trying to get xcdroast working I am told I have read that I need to add "hdc=ide-scsi" to the append entry of lilo.conf for it to work but when i reboot lilo I get an error message because of the entry. Need help.
thanks.

yes, you do, *IF* your cdrw IS hdc. that's the primary slave drive yeah? if that's not where the drive is, change it to the corrcfet one and re run lilo. if not, give more info on what errors you're getting and where they come

I have it hooked up as the secondary master and I can read from it fine. my etc/fstab entry looks like this
/dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,usr,exec 0 0

what is the error? Plz be specific, did you run /sbin/lilo after you edited it?

It will say syntax error near line 53 in file /etc/lilo.conf

I am just curious, can you post your /etc/lilo.conf ?

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
vga = 791
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# DOS bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda3
label = DOS
table = /dev/hda
# DOS bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda2
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# OS/2 bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda3
label = OS2
table = /dev/hda

# OS/2 bootable partition config ends
"hdc=ide-scsi"

it kinda helps if you follow instructions

in the linux section you need the line

append=" hdc=ide-scsi " like i have...

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdc=ide-scsi quiet"
vga=788
read-only

alright fine that does make a whole lot more sense but I still get a synatax error when I add append ="hdc=ide-scsi" no matter where I put it.

never mind got it to work
thanks for all the help I am just a little slow today for some reason