Help! Linux can not see SCSI cd drive.

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From: Amitava Dutta
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 16:59

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I am not able to install linux from
cd-rom.

The system is
   486 VLB with AMI (11/92) bios
   Promise EDIE 2300+ controller
   Maxtor and Conner IDE disks
   NEC SCSI-2 cd-rom drive
   Jazz sound card with integrated
      rom-less Future Domain 8xx scsi controller. 
 
1. With Yggdrasil Fall 94 distribution of linux,
   I tried, at the boot prompt,
      linux tmc8xx=0xCA00,11
   but it complains about
      NEC IDE - CDROM error
   and does not even boot.
 
2. With Slackware March 95 distribution of linux
   I tried at the boot prompt
      ramdisk tmc8xx=0xCA00,11
   and it allows me to login as root.
   However, when I try to mount the cd-rom
   with, for example
      mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/<cdrom> /mnt
   it complains that 
      /dev/<cdrom> is not a block device
   [ of course the directory entry says it 
     is a block device ]
   I have tried with all the cd* device files
   I could locate.
   
3. Exactly the same problem with
   FreeBSD 2.0.5 installtion attempt.
   
What am I missing ?

The default scsi id was 0,
I tried with 2 and 4 -- same result.

Thanks for your help.
---------------------------------------------------------
Amitava Dutta ( NCR / AT&T GIS )
ad@sodium.att.com
Amitava.Dutta@lincroftNJ.ncr.com

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