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[Lamotkin AT softhome.net]

Sindi Keesan writes: 

> On Tue, 18 May 2004 Lamotkin AT softhome.net wrote: 
>
> > SUCCESS !!!  
> >
> > MO drive works with Linux! (my appreciations
> > to James Miller who led me to
> > marvellous linux.com HOWTOs).  
> >
> > The solution was quite simple:
> > 1) insmod ide-scsi   # the module's from SW 7.1
> > Now /dev/sda 'virtual' SCSI device appeared.
> > 2) mount /dev/sda /MO
> > Note it's been done with 'BzImage' kernel. 
>
> Which bzImage kernel?  I think Slackware calls them all by the same name 
> but puts them in different directories on the CD or at the website.  I 
> have used a /net.i/bzimage, for instance, as well as the /bare.i/bzImage.

I used general-purpose '/bare.i/bzImage', it's obvious.
With the BL3 one insmod said it has some 'scsi_... unresolved externals'. 

> > Well, the original problem remains:
> > how to make such mounts permanent?
> > Edit fstab or mtab? (For instance, '/DOS'
> > mount found in the mtab only).
> > But both of them seem to be readonly ... 
>
> Can you add the above lines (insmod and mount) to rc.d?

My gratitude, it works fine.
(except for that the file name is '/etc/rd' - no extention). 

> Sindi 

Roman.