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 For Red Hat Linux run ksconfig (This application is called ‘Kickstart
Configurator’). When the application is running, click on ‘Boot Loader Options’
and fill the ‘Kernel Parameters’ field.
 For SuSE Linux, run YaST2, select System in the left pane and then double
click on Boot Loader Configuration. Once the module is launched, click on Edit
Configuration Files to set up the device parameters.
2.2.3 IDE Devices configuration with 2.6 kernels
2.2.3.1 Major changes in the device drivers
With 2.6 kernels, the native IDE CD-ROM driver, called ide-cdrom, has been
completely rewritten to use the latest technologies available and permit CD and
DVD recording. This driver includes DMA acceleration that let you use high-
speed devices (like DVD recorders) without any kind of problems.
One other important point is that in this version of the Linux kernel, the ide-scsi
driver that has been used with old kernels has been deprecated. If you continue
using this driver with a 2.6 kernel, your devices will not be available with
NeroLINUX (Note that you will also have a warning from the kernel at boot time).
2.2.3.2 NeroLINUX requirements
In order to use an IDE device with NeroLINUX under a 2.6 kernel, you must
associate it with the ide-cdrom driver. In order to do this, you must check the
kernel command line to be sure that no device is associated with the old ide-scsi
driver (no hdXX=ide-scsi parameter).
If you do not know how to do this, please have a look to your boot loader
documentation.
2.2.4 Setting correct permissions on the devices files
2.2.4.1 Static /dev support
You need to allow user accounts to have access to all your disc devices. This is
done under Linux by setting correct permission on the corresponding device
filenames. In this section we will give you a way to correctly configure the
permission on the devices filenames for all users of the system. If you are
experienced with user rights management, you can skip this section.
To setup correct permissions on your device files, first make sure you have
enough privileges to do so. Then, open a terminal and type the following
command:
chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*
chmod o+r+w /dev/hdX
(where X is the letter corresponding to the IDE device)
You can run the last command more that one time if you have multiple IDE
devices.
These commands will allow users to have read and write permission on all your
SCSI generic devices (CD-ROM for example) and your IDE disc devices.