From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16pumH-0003vU-00 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:30:33 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g2QHTii01954 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:29:44 -0600 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:29:44 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: cdrom and cdrw Message-ID: <20020326112944.A1932@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from chomiak@chartermi.net on Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 10:52:16AM -0600 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You don't need to set up the cdrom as a ide-scsi device. This is only required for the cdrw. Greg On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 10:52:16AM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I'm a little confused even after reading all the docs so I could use some help > here. > I have an ide/atapi cdrom, which I have loaded as scsi because i'm getting ready > to get a cdrw in addition to the cdrom. Here are my questions: > 1. Does placement of the cdrw and cdrom matter. The person installing wants to > put them on separate ides as he says this can make the cdrw slightly faster. > this means that one of them has to be hdb and the other has to be hdc or hdd (I > would think hdc). Is it better to put the cdrw as single or primary and let the > cdrom be the slave on my first ide? > 2. Does this mean that i set up both the cdrom and the cdrw as scsi? I think I > read that if you compile both scsi and atap/ide into the kernel the atapi/ide > will take over which I don't want for the cdrw for sure. > 3. If both are to be scsi, should my cdrw be scd0 and my cdrom scd1 or does this > matter? > 4. What symlinks do I do? Right now I have /dev/cdrom linked to scd0, but is > this where the cdrw should be linked? Do I make an additional directory and > mount point so that both can be mounte? > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup