Re: Hardware for new Linux box

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From: Jonathan Moore
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:00

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> >Also, I'm getting a CD-writer, and the most attractive option
> >seems to be an IDE Mitsumi 4804TE (24X4X4 speed).

> Get a SCSI one. No, really. You can get IDE writers working via
> a kernel recompile, but SCSI is best for an OS like linux.

You don't need to recompile any more.  I just installed Redhat 6.1, 
and I've discovered that I can drive my IDE CD writer through the 
IDE-SCSI emulation just with the appropriate boot-time option and 
module installation.  I can even now leave my standard CD drive as an 
IDE device, just selecting the writer to pretend to be SCSI.

(The reason for needing this is that cdrecord, which I use to write 
CDs, only supports SCSI interfaces.  However, since ATAPI is 
essentially SCSI commands over an IDE interface, a very lightweight 
ide-scsi emulator allows it to use ATAPI writers as well.)



Jon Moore

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