cdrecord and ide-scsi question

[Frank Kumro]

Yea we are actually doing this. I know I will win hands down but he is 
one of those M$ lovers that will not shut up until you show him up. 
Anyone wanna guess how long his machine stays up?

-Frank

Cyber Source wrote:
> is this for real? that's not even a competition, you'll win hands down.
> 
> Frank Kumro wrote:
> 
>> My friend is on a windows 2000 machine. The machines are not the same 
>> hardware wise, I have more RAM and a better OS (IMO). So we will see 
>> who wins. I got him to clear the current uptime so we both start fresh 
>> today .
>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>
>>> and what kind of system is your friend on?
>>>
>>> Frank Kumro wrote:
>>>
>>>> I meant to say No there is no physical reason
>>>>
>>>> Frank Kumro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> No there is physical reason that I cannot reboot its just im having 
>>>>> a contest with a friend to see who can have the greatest uptime. 
>>>>> Sounds silly but I get bored quick. I was just looking at 
>>>>> alternatives but most likely now I am just going to reboot.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Frank
>>>>>
>>>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is there a reason why you can't or don't want to reboot?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Frank Kumro wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I looked at the man lilo and didnt find anything. I also re-ran 
>>>>>>> the lilo command sucessfully however that yealed no results. When 
>>>>>>> I ran cdrecord --scanbus it still shows my DVD-ROM drive as my 
>>>>>>> 0,0,0 and for the rest * - I did edit the lilo config to reflect 
>>>>>>> the changes I wanted but I dont want to reboot. Anyone else know 
>>>>>>> of a solution?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Frank
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> green_man wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Frank Kumro wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just noticed that I had my normal cdrom set so on boot lilo 
>>>>>>>>> runs the command for ide-scsi on it to make it so i can record 
>>>>>>>>> cds. However it should have been hdd not hdc that the line 
>>>>>>>>> should have pointed to.  Is there a way to enable hdd to be 
>>>>>>>>> used for cdrecording without rebooting? I really dont want to 
>>>>>>>>> reboot so if there is a way please enlighten me. Also Merry 
>>>>>>>>> Christmas to everyone!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Frank
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Frank - I can't find it right now, but I think  you just rerun 
>>>>>>>> lilo.
>>>>>>>> It's /bin/lilo or /sbin/lilo or something like that . I do 
>>>>>>>> remember reading it at one point in time.
>>>>>>>> IIRC, it was really simple.
>>>>>>>> What  you basically need to do is edit the file, and force lilo 
>>>>>>>> to reread the file, instead of using the copy the machine has 
>>>>>>>> cached.
>>>>>>>> Check and see if there's a Howto text file for lilo buried some 
>>>>>>>> where.
>>>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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