Cannot open SCSI driver

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To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:27:33 -0400

> Trying to get my cd writer to run.  After installing cdrecord, I
> tried:
>
> cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J\u9c0eg Schilling
> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you
> are root.

The first few entries on a Google search for "cd writer linux" are targeted at Red Hat, but they make clear that it's SCSI emulation, through the ide-scsi kernel module, that you're after.

This document, aimed at Debian users, should help you:

http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/peripherals/cdrw.html

Chris Metzler

Cannot open SCSI driver

> This document, aimed at Debian users, should help you:
>
> http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/peripherals/cdrw.html[]

Thanks, it did. I only needed to insert an

append="hdd=ide-scsi max_scsi_luns=1"

line in lilo.conf. I haven't tested it, but it is responding to 'cdrecord -scanbus'.