cdrecord and ide-scsi question

[Cyber Source]

tell him that he's not allowed to update his anti-virus definitions 
either ;) , just so your both doing the same thing lol

Frank Kumro wrote:

> 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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