Firewire help, please...

[Dylan]

Still having trouble with the drive.  I am in the middle of taking a 
stab at re-compiling the Kernel, but ran into trouble with compiling the 
modules.  If that doesn't work, I might just upgrade to YDL 4.0.  Thank 
you for the reading suggestions.  I haven't had a chance to look at them 
yet, but I will make time on my breaks at work.

Thanks again,

Dylan

Derick Centeno wrote:

> Hi Dylan:
> I'll assume YDL 3 is working properly.  It does matter, in resolving  
> this particular problem, whether your hardware is Old World or New  
> World AND whether you are using BootX or yaboot.  The procedure to  
> address this kind of problem is different according to which kind of  
> hardware you are using.
>
> However, after the above is determined you should as superuser run  
> cdrecord and discover whether cdrecord sees the DVD at all.  If  
> cdrecord cannot see the device, neither will the kernel.  The 
> challenge  is to load the get the kernel to load the correct driver so 
> that  cdrecord can see the device (as a just another device on the 
> SCSI  chain) and THEN you should be able to use it.
>
> Some background reading material is available at:
>
> http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/start/BootX+and+ide-scsi
>
> and a reference leading to another website:
>
> http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Updating+YDL/Doing+things+as+root/ 
> A+referral+regarding+using+Modprobe%2C+Kerneld%2C+and+Insmod
>
> When you get to http://www.linux-sxs.org./ make sure you read the 
> links  listed in the Bedtime Reading section.  Of course, that website 
> is  chock full of stuff, but it is not specific to YDL.  It is related 
> to  Linux however and it may give you a different foundation than just 
> what  is provided at the YDL FAQ site.
>
> Should your system be New World you should be able to execute the  
> ide-scsi driver as superuser from the command line or perhaps more  
> convenient include the sequence "hda=ide-scsi" in a script or dot 
> file  so that it is executed everytime you login.  Of course, you 
> will  replace hda for whatever nomenclature your system utiliizes.
>
> Best wishes....
>
> On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:26 AM, Dylan wrote:
>
>> I had a look in the archives and couldn't find anything....
>> I have a Formac DVD-/+RW drive that connects via firewire.  I am  
>> trying to configure YDL 3.0 to connect to it, but to no avail.  Has  
>> anyone come across this or a similar problem?  Can anyone guide me 
>> to  a fix?  If anyone can, it would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Dylan
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