cdrecord and ide-scsi question

[Cyber Source]

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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