-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Charlie O wrote: > So why is it a problem that my CD burner works? > > This is Debian sarge, installed last fall, 2.4.26 kernel. CD burner > with K3B works just fine. > > The problem is, I don't have ide-scsi turned on anywhere; the CD is > still at /dev/hdc. > > If I go to the command line and do cdrecord -scanbus, I do not get any > valid devices. If I look at K3B setup I don't see any special > parameters. > > I thought you needed scsi emulation to use a CD burner in the 2.4 series kernel. > > Can someone explain to me why this is working with K3B? > Most of the CD burning software for Linux now supports burning directly to IDE devices through one mechanism or another. It is mostly application level changes, so your kernel doesn't matter that much as long as it doesn't get in the way. - -- Daniel Taylor random at argle.org Forget diamonds, Copyright is forever. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC8+s88/QSptFdBtURAgcnAJ4msrnNZAGQVisX/dBL4L6lwhFeHACfXn1A LrWHwExH9WAtljCfBHg2MLk= =l/Gm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----