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On Wednesday, in article
     <19991110.12522000@cgovia.lut.ac.uk> J.P.Moore@lboro.ac.uk
     "Jonathan Moore" wrote:

JM> > >Also, I'm getting a CD-writer, and the most attractive option
JM> > >seems to be an IDE Mitsumi 4804TE (24X4X4 speed).
JM> 
JM> > Get a SCSI one. No, really. You can get IDE writers working via
JM> > a kernel recompile, but SCSI is best for an OS like linux.
JM> 
JM> You don't need to recompile any more.  I just installed Redhat 6.1,=20
JM> and I've discovered that I can drive my IDE CD writer through the=20
JM> IDE-SCSI emulation just with the appropriate boot-time option and=20
JM> module installation.  I can even now leave my standard CD drive as an=20
JM> IDE device, just selecting the writer to pretend to be SCSI.

I was planning on using SUSE 6.2.  Does anyone know if it has the
IDE-SCSI emulator too?  Is this a reliable tool?

Claire

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