Re: CD drive recognition

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From: Ken Yap
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 00:00

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|Would anyone kindly explain the following question taken from the
|FAQ?
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|> Q5: I've installed the drive as the only device on the secondary interface,
|>     with the CDROM drive jumpered as SLAVE/SINGLE, and Linux won't 
|>     see it. What am I missing?
|
|What is a secondary interface? My CD drive is a Mitsumi one linked
|to a SB16. I have two hard drives linked to my Promise 2300plus
|IDE controller. In this case, is my CD drive on a secondary interface? 
|I don't remember seeing jumpers at the back of my CD drive, are they 
|really there? Most importantly, do I need to touch the settings of
|the CD drive in order to install Linux?

The secondary IDE interface is the one that's at IRQ15 and (forget the
address). The IDE/ATAPI interface on the Soundblaster or clone card is
usually at the secondary address. However from what you describe you
may have a (proprietary) Soundblaster interface CDROM , not an
IDE/ATAPI one. The cable is also 40 conductor so it looks like an IDE
interface but is not IDE.  And there wouldn't be jumpers on a
Soundblaster CDROM. Try booting with a kernel with sbpcd support.

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From: ken@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Ken Yap)
Subject: Re: CD drive recognition
Date: 1996/07/02
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