Re: [Q]: using an Aztech CDA468-03ISE CD-ROM with Linux

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From: Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:00

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Staff (staff@ilap.com) wrote:
: I have been experiencing the same problem.  In my case I am  using the Azech 
: IDE interface card.  I found that if I  had my CD on the primary IDE 
: interface, it would get recognized but not through the card.  This is a 
: problem since, other than for a quick test, I can't keep the cd-rom on the 
: primary IDE interface without losing a hard drive which I don't want to do.

:  James Brown

: In article <cam.828597387@ss1>, cam@cs.uwa.oz.au (Cameron Newham) wrote:
: >
: >Aztech CDA468-03ISE IDE Quad-Speed CD-ROM Drive.
: >
: >Can anybody tell me how to get Linux to recognise this device?
: >I tried compiling in the Aztech driver supplied in Slackware,
: >but Linux cannot recognise the drive.  I also tried the standard
: >IDE CD-ROM drivers but they didn't work either.

When you put it on the secondary interface, make sure it is the master 
device.  Other than that, the ATAPI driver (right at the beginning of a 
'make config', in the IDE driver section) should take care of it.  
Anybody have any other ideas?

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From: rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu (Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt)
Subject: Re: [Q]: using an Aztech CDA468-03ISE CD-ROM with Linux
Date: 1996/04/11
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