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>>If you are booting Linux and you get the LILO prompt 
>>(This is assuming that you are using the distribution boot disk)
>>boot:
>>then you can type
>>boot: linux sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster
>>The 0x230 is the Audio Base I/O Address.

*****oops this should have read "the CDROM interface I/O address"

>>This will tell the SoundBlaster driver (sbpcd) the information where to 
>>find the drive. 
>>
>>The sound card driver is set to look for the ATAPIdriver. It will still 
>>attempt to find this drive, but then will look for the sbpcd configuration.
>>This is what I did with a standard configuration for a SB16 Soundblaster 
>>card with a CreativeLabs drive attached.

>I am quite confused here. Are you saying that without any help
>linux can't boot if I have CR562b+SB16?
Sorry I did not make that very clear did I. 
Linux will boot ok, but it has to probe for the SB16 CDROM drive.
The use of the boot: linux sbpcd= 0x230,SoundBlaster option allows you to 
tell the sbpcd driver where to find the SB16 card CDROM interface.
However it still looks for a ATAPI drive before any SBPCD.

I am not sure why the sbpcd driver has to be told the 0x230 address.
It is the default CDROM interface address -- for the SB16 anyway.

>>To fix the problem, you will have to compile the kernel (which the drivers 
>>are part) after configuring the "sound card".
>>You also have to update the sbpcd.h file, but this can be done once the 
>>driver is working.

>The kernel compiled for sbpcd is included in the Redhat 
>distribution. Do I still need to compile the kernal
>myself?
I also have the RedHat 2.0 distribution.
The sbpcd driver in the RedHat distribution has to have most of the sound 
card configurations included. The point of the kernel compilation is to 
restrict the kernel to the configuration that you have.

You can use the boot option all the time if you like.
Most people get round to doing a regeneration of the kernel at some point
and include the configuration of the sound card as well.

Another option is to put the equivalent to the boot: sbpcd=0x... in the 
LILO lilo.conf file. 
But if you are just feeling your way, maybe just use the boot sbpcd... 
as above until you get a better feel for what is going on.

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>Kent Tong
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Ian Cowell
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