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usermark (usermark@mci2000.com) wrote:
: Hello anyone.

: I am having a few problems installing Linux.  I have the 4 CD Linux
: Slackware 96 set by Walnut Creek CDROM.
: 1.) Linux cannot detect my CD-ROM.
:      I've tried different configurations and types, none seem to work.  I
: have an older 2X Mutsumi CD-ROM, which is connected to an IDE controller
: card in an ISA slot.

Do you mean an old-type Mitsumi with the proprietary interface ?  It uses
a 40-wire cable, like an atapi cd-rom, but it needs a special interface. 

You need a kernel with Mitsumi support and you need to provide it with
certain parameters at installation or at boot.

The kernel isn't too hard:  slackware used to come with boot kernels with
Mitsumi support compiled in. 

The parameters may be harder.  It needs a base address and one other. 
Look in the cd-rom howto, which refers to another document called mcd, I
think.  They will at least tell you the sort of numbers to look for on
your interface card (or guess). 

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