Re: CD-ROM Troubles under Linux

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From: Benjamin Lyall
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00

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Dominik Moreitz (dmoreit@tpgi.com.au) wrote:
: Hi everyone!

: I have a LaserMate double speed CD-ROM connected to my Creative Labs 
: Vibra 16 sound card. Linux found the drive during the installation, but 
: on each reboot after that it has not been able to identify it. I 
: installed using the SBPCD file (un-gzipped and rawritted :-). It has 
: something like "CD-ROM format unknown", or something along those lines.

If it's a plug 'n' play Vibra16 like mine then you must boot using DOS, so
that the card will gets it's irq's dma's etc and then reboot (CTRL-ALT-DEL)
so that linux will then recognise the card and CD.  I had this problem
and this fixed it.

Ben.
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Date: 1996/01/29
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