SCSI DVD drive not recognized on fc3-t2 kernel 2.6.8-1.584
Neal D. Becker
ndbecker2 at verizon.net
Tue Sep 28 12:02:29 UTC 2004
Allen Kistler wrote:
> Bill Nottingham wrote:
>> Harald Hoyer (harald at redhat.com) said:
>>
>>>>sg isn't used for generic SG access... SG_IO can be used on the
>>>>device itself.
>>>
>>>so, what is it for now?
>>
>>
>> I came in late to the discussion - what specifically is erroring out?
>>
>> Bill
>
> SCSI devices which are not hard drives don't work.
> Their entries are not made in /dev by initrd.
> /dev entries can be made manually, but disappear after reboot.
> It worked long ago, in kernel build 534 days, with whatever version of
> udev, etc., got bundled into 534's initrd. (Perhaps that version of
> whatever didn't delete /dev entries?)
> The OP saw it with a SCSI DVD-ROM. I see it with a SCSI CD-R.
> Build 541 is just as guilty as 584.
>
> I see other probably-SCSI problems (gnome-cd/cdp/cdplay no longer likes
> CDAs), too, but first things first.
>
Sounds like the same problem I have - no /dev/[n]st0 for my scsi tape.
aic7xxx is loaded.
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