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Re: Mitsumi x4 cdroms.

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From: Tianbin Zhang
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00
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Reg Braddock wrote:
> 
> I have a Pentium 90 with a Mitsumi CRMC FX-400 cd-rom drive and
> am trying to install linux.  However, linux is not recognising
> the cd-rom.
> 
> Has anyone else with this model of cd-rom drive been successful
> in using it with linux?  I am particularly interested in the
> necessary jumper configuration as I did not receive a manual
> with the drive :(  The drive is on the secondary IDE channel,
> not the soundcard - that much I do know.
> 
> Reg.

I have Mitsumi FX-400 cdrom (it is IDE cdrom drive). I had the
same problem as yours when I tried to install linux. So I copied
all the necessary files to DOS partition, and made the install.
After that, I rebuilt the kernel. Now the kernel can recognize
cdrom.

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From: Tianbin Zhang <tzhang@cs.uga.edu>
Subject: Re: Mitsumi x4 cdroms.
Date: 1996/03/14
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