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Bill LUNNON wrote:
> 
 
> Problem is that, after LILO boots, the installation program (Turbo
> Linux) cannot find the CD on the SoundBlaster IDE port.
> 
> Talking to the distributors support person, it was suggested that I
> move the CD onto the IDE controller. If there is no other way to get
> LINUX loaded I
> will do this, but my IDE controller (like most) only supports two
> devices (one of the reasons I bought the SB in the first place) and
> I am planning to install another hard disk on my machine.

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> Again, any ideas why Turbo Linux cannot find the SoundBlaster
> card ?


Your distributor is right unfortunately.  Linux cannot see through the
soundcard to the CD.  I had the same problem with my first Linux
install. (Slackware 3.0 / 1.12.18 kernel)

An EDIDE card should only cost you about $40.  It'll have two channels.
Put both HD's on the primary (make sure they're jumpered correctly as
master and slave) and whact the CD onto the secondary, jumpered as a
master. You'll be cooking with gas.

I've been told that having the CD as a master on the secondary can make
it unreliable under DOS, but I've never had any probs with mine.
Sometimes, if I warm-boot into Win95 having shut down Linux, Win95 won't
see the CD, but if I re-set, or power down rather than ctrl-alt-del,
it's fine.

Good luck !

Persevere, it's worth it.  I'm up to RH 4.1 on both my machines here and
also on the one at work.

Andrew

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Andrew Mather, PC/LAN Support, VIAS Atttwood & Werribee

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