How to Enable ide-scsi emulation in the kernel?
 

Hi All,
I've just installed an old burner on my machine, and I get an error saying I must enable ide-scsi emulation in the kernel for it to work. Does anyone know how I can do that?

Here is my setup info:

Distro: SuSE Linux Professional 7.3
kernel: 2.4.10-gmbh
burner: Plextor PlexWriter 8/4/32A (8432T)
burner bus: IDE / EIDE


Note: I tried recompiling my kernel almost 20 times and I keep getting "Error 2", So please let me know if therte's any way I can do this without recompiling the kernel :)


Thanx beforehand :)

What are the steps you are taking to recompile the kernel and when do you get error 2 while doing it ?? Most likely got to recompile the kernel to get that scsi-emulation.

Search the site here as well, recompiling the kernel is asked and answered all the time.

try as root
#modprobe ide-scsi

and add the following line into you /etc/lilo.conf
right after root=.... entry
append="hdx=ide-scsi"
rerun lilo
#lilo
where x is a for primary master, b primary slave, c secondary master, d secondary slave

trickykid-> I loooked on the LDP on steps of how to recompile it. I went through everything all the way until the final step, make bzImage where it displayed a SHITLOAD of text then finally said "Error 2"
neo777, here are the results I get from modprobe/insmod as root. I have bolded them and quoted them for readability.
I will try your lilo trick in a bit. Thanx for the replies guys. I really appreciate it

Ok the modprobe thingy worked then there is supposed to be no prblems if you run
cdrecord -scanbus
prefferably as root if cdrecord is installed of course. You should see some nice output about your now-SCSI ATAPI CD-burner

nope
 

suseorbust:~ # cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.11a05 (i686-suse-linux) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
suseorbust:~ #


I am about to try your lilo trick.

Yep, try it after you done editing lilo.conf don't forget to rerun lilo, reboot and you should be ok, if there is a problem add modprobe trick into rc.local startup script.

I just tried editing lilo.conf and I realized that there already IS an append entry. Could you please clarify how I can edit the thing to make it pick up the burner.
NOTE: The burner is installed on the Secondary Slave (i.e hdd)

here is the segment from lilo.conf (bolded and quoted for readability).

Thanx for all the help guys. It is much appreciated.

if there is still a problem though I suggest head to http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
it is a little bit outdated though, I saw somewhere on the net the specifics on how to setup CD-burner in suse, you might want to try search google for suse and cd-r/rw

Oh ok then in this append statement make changes so it will read
append = "enableapic hdd=ide-scsi"

yes, please read above. How do I edit the lilo.conf file properly?

did you get it
it should be
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = linux
root = /dev/hda7
initrd = /boot/initrd
append = "enableapic hdd=ide-scsi"

if there is still a no go after editing lilo.conf and rerunning lilo and consequential reboot, head to this page http://seismo.ethz.ch/linux/xcdroast.html
It is a specific for Suse 7.3 and IDE burner setup

Actually this is exactly what I suggest you to do, just overview the symlinks setup if you need to, etc.

OK, I will edit my lilo.conf file as you guys advised. It may have to wait a bit though as Its getting late here and I ought to go to bed. I'll update you guys with the results once they are available :0

Thanx for all your help :D