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Tom Atkinson <tom@tyco.net.au> wrote:

>Bob wrote:

>> This evening I attempted to install LINUX on my PC without much
>> success.  I successfully created a boot and root disk using LININST.
>> And was able to create a Linux native partition and Linux swap
>> partision using the Linux fdisk program.
>> 
>> However, when it came time to identify a media source to copy the
>> slackware (infomagic CD-ROM), a message came up saying that it was
>> unable to identify my CD-ROM.  This I find confusing.  How would it be
>> possible to create a boot and root disk using LININST from the CD-ROM
>> and then not be capable of finding my CD-ROM when it was time to
>> install the slackware programs.
>> Bob

>Sounds like the kernel, which resides on the boot disk you created, does
>not have Mitsumi CD support in it.  

Or possibly it's the old bogie of Linux not being able to see the CD
through the soundcard.

It was common practice to feed the CD through and IDE port of the
soundcard, but Linux (like OS2 I believe) couldn't see it.  It seems
to have been phased out though now and most newer machines I've seen
have the CD on the I/O card.

I had the same problem with Slackware on 2 machines and on both
machines, I had to shift the CD off onto the secondary IDE channel on
the I/O card.  This works fine, as long as the CD is jumpered to be a
master.  The other option, if you only have one HDD, is to put the CD
as a slave device on the primary controller.

This also fits in with what you were saying about not finding it once
it's been re-booted into Linux, but finding it OK in DOS.

A last ditch option is to copy the files from the CD onto your DOS
partition and install from there.  It'll take about 120 odd megs, but
once installed, the source files can be deleted.  I did this with my
first install, having painstakingly downloaded the files from the
Internet and it all went fine.  About 3 weeks later, I discovered the
Slackware CD for 30 bucks..DOH !

Good luck and contact me via e-mail if you need any more help.

Andrew