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Nathan D wrote:
> 
...  In the Slackware I noticed an
> option for the CMD640 Controller when the kernel is compiled.  Does RH have
> this?

Answer yes to "prompt for experimental drivers" (or something like
that) when you do `make config`.  That'll give you a lot of extra
options including support for IDE chipsets, java binary format etc.

>   When booting into Win95 after being in Linux the IDE controller does not
> see the secondary channel and therefore the CD.  To fix this I need to
> tweak the registry and re-boot (usually twice) to get my CD-ROM to appear.

?? Does that happen after a hard reboot? -- AFAIK it shouldn't.
If your box does a soft reboot, you must be passing a "reboot=w" 
option to the kernel (e.g. somewhere in LILO config file.)


... is there a way to
> get around the lost channel in Win 95 (apart from a new motherboard, which
> is being seriously considered).
> New ISA controller - $40
> New PCI controller - $120
> New motherboard - $200+

How about SCSI ?

HTH
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Dimirti
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