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ken@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Ken Yap) wrote:

>In article <4ra1a0$gcc@metro.usyd.edu.au>:
>
>|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.

Thanks for your reply. Just curious, what makes you believe it's 
a proprietary SB interface CDROM? Before getting the SB16 I was
connecting the CD drive to an (IDE?) interface card for use with
the CD drive only. Does it matter?


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