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Chris Miles (csccm@luxor.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
=> I am looking at getting the Creative 32 pack with the Creative 32 bit sound
=> blaster and 6x cd-rom.  Before I buy it, however, I would like to know
=> how much support Linux currently has for these?  It is a common
=> multimedia pack so I would imagine that Linux would support it already,
=> but it's always good to check.
=> Anyone who has purchased this pack can feel free to share their comments
=> with me about how good/bad it is.

Mine was called the Soundblaster 32 Performance pack - 6 speed Creative
CD-ROM Drive and a Soundblaster AWE 32 card and accessories.

Linux seems to support this well, since the CD-ROM drive is an
IDE/ATAPI one (I assume yours is the model CD620E).  If you have
one of the later Linux 1.3.x kernels you don't need to worry about
master/slave jumpers to get it to be recognized, but you may
need to give Lilo a hint as to where or what address to find the
CD-ROM drive at.  One thing which Linux can't make use of is the
Advanced Wavetable Effects (AWE) capability of your card.  I can't
say that I have missed it.