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It's 20 Jun 97  10:34,
We'll return to daveb@iinet.net.au_spam_trap and All's
discussion of Help: Linux can't see CD-ROM

 da> work by manually identifying the CD as "local SCSI", and
 da> entering the magic text:

 da> aha152x=0x340,11,7

Sounds pretty standard for SCSI devices. :-)

 da> The boot/install process runs fine thereafter. However,
 da> here's the catch: the installed code cannot see the CD either
 da> (despite being installed from it). I have added lines to
 da> lilo.conf as

 da> append = "aha152x=0x340,11,7"

 da> to no avail. It also seems to be baffling Red Hat themselves.

 da> Would anyone care to offer any suggestions?

Maybe the installl process installed a kernel with no SCSI support.  My
first instinct would be to compile a new kernel.  Then at least I know
what devices the kernel will support. :-)

... Sorry about the crayon, They won't let me have any sharp objects.
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