Xcdroast says my ATAPI CD ROM should be simulated SCSI

[Ow Mun Heng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Gurski [mailto:ed at gurski.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:36 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Xcdroast says my ATAPI CD ROM should be simulated SCSI
> 
> 
> I just installed a new CD/DVD +-CD ROM drive. When I tried to setup
> xcdroast it complained that I would get better performance if I were
> running the device in simulated SCSI mode. I tried searching this list
> and could not find how to change it. My system has 2 IDE drives on the
> primary controller and the CD/DVD is on the second controller all by
> itself.
> 

In your grub.conf file.. append hdc=ide-scsi

eg 

title Fedora Core (2.4.22-awr1)
      root (hd0,9)
      kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-awr1 ro root=LABEL=/12
      hdc=ide-scsi rhgb
      initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.22-awr1.img