markbowen
11-23-2002, 02:03 PM
Hi
Here it is :-
Symptom:-
Your computer is equipped with a CDRW drive and one or several "ordinary" CD drives. After installing SuSE Linux 8.1, the CD drives cannot be mounted.
Cause:-
Some modules are missing from the initrd. From SuSE Linux 8.1 on, the CD drive support is no longer compiled and kept in the kernel, but implemented by way of modules (cdrom and ide-cd). As opposed to the module ide-scsi, those modules (cdrom and ide-cd) are not included in the initrd. That is why the SCSI emulation reaches all the drives and not only those listed in the kernel parameter hdX=ide-scsi.
Solution:-
Insert the modules cdrom and ide-cd in the variable INTRD-MODULES in the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel
To do this, open the YaST Sysconfig Editor. Select Base Administration -> Common-Basics -> initrd_modules and insert both modules before the module ide-scsi. Be careful not to remove any of the modules listed, since they are necessary for booting.
Now execute as root user the command mk_initrd
To do this, start a terminal program like Konsole or xterm and log in as root user with the command su -. Then enter the command mk_initrd. If your boot manager is LILO, reinstall it with the command lilo -v. This does not apply for GRUB. From SuSE Linux 8.1 on, GRUB is the standard boot loader.
That's it !!!!!
Hope this works for you
Mark
Here it is :-
Symptom:-
Your computer is equipped with a CDRW drive and one or several "ordinary" CD drives. After installing SuSE Linux 8.1, the CD drives cannot be mounted.
Cause:-
Some modules are missing from the initrd. From SuSE Linux 8.1 on, the CD drive support is no longer compiled and kept in the kernel, but implemented by way of modules (cdrom and ide-cd). As opposed to the module ide-scsi, those modules (cdrom and ide-cd) are not included in the initrd. That is why the SCSI emulation reaches all the drives and not only those listed in the kernel parameter hdX=ide-scsi.
Solution:-
Insert the modules cdrom and ide-cd in the variable INTRD-MODULES in the file /etc/sysconfig/kernel
To do this, open the YaST Sysconfig Editor. Select Base Administration -> Common-Basics -> initrd_modules and insert both modules before the module ide-scsi. Be careful not to remove any of the modules listed, since they are necessary for booting.
Now execute as root user the command mk_initrd
To do this, start a terminal program like Konsole or xterm and log in as root user with the command su -. Then enter the command mk_initrd. If your boot manager is LILO, reinstall it with the command lilo -v. This does not apply for GRUB. From SuSE Linux 8.1 on, GRUB is the standard boot loader.
That's it !!!!!
Hope this works for you
Mark