[wellylug] scsi more and less

[Pete Black]

Of course it could have been easier with Windows.

You're fooling yourself if you think Linux is truly 'ready for the 
desktop'  in terms of end-user ease of use and being able to simply plug 
n play every peripheral under the sun (though yes I do agree a SCSI 
CD-ROM isn't exactly esoteric). And it's only getting worse with the 
pace and 'cavalier approach' of 2.6 kernel development - witness 
firewire breakage 2.4->2.6 for example, or the recently introduced 'ub' 
USB driver thats absolutely useless and crashes the kernel when you 
attempt to use it (or when it gets autoloaded).

Distro's don't seem to bother to do the work required to make sure their 
kernels actually work in all circumstances, so its left to you, the 
user, to fix these issues.

This isn't a complaint, or a flame - just a note that you need to be 
prepared to put in the effort yourself if you aren't paying someone else 
to do it for you. Thats just how the cookie crumbles. If this is a major 
problem, then Linux probably isn't the right OS for you.

I am surprised Mandrake doesnt work with your SCSI CD-ROM, and its 
possible you have SCSI IDs set incorrectly or something, or some issue 
with the SCSI card unrelated to the kernel - however, the most likely 
issue to my mind is that there is no SCSI CD-ROM support in the kernel.

If this is the case, it should probably  be reported as a bug to the 
Mandrake maintainers.

-Pete






>>Its possible that SCSI CD support is not in the kernel.... :)
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>Are you suggesting me that it could have been easier with windows ???
>I'll have a look on the kernel config ... 
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