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FWIW, I used to have a Creative Labs 6x IDE drive 
working under my 3.12 server. I have since torn it 
down and installed NT. Just letting you know that 
someone did get it to work....and the CL 6X drive 
was not even on the ol' compatbility list.

What I do remember is that I had the drive set up 
as master on the secondary IDE channel. I looked at 
your load lines....have you tried loading the cdrom  
*.CDM **before** loading the CDROM.NLM.

Should be similar to:
load c:\nw312\npapatch
load nwpa /naload  (don't remember what this 
                    parameter is for)
load after311
load ideata.ham
load idehd.cdm
**************
load idecd.cdm
**************
mount sys
load cdrom


Kerry D. Thomas wrote:
> 
> I have a similar problem. I'm using a scratch server not
> connected to the production LAN. Just trying to get the CD-ROM
> to even *work* under 3.12. Tried typing in command *EXACTLY*
> as they appeared in CDUP4.TXT. Wrong Answer. El Lockup Sytemmo.
> There is no other CD-ROM drive in my shop for me to try.
> 
> Delve further into things, try different options, etc. Load
> modules one-by-one. IDECD.CDM locks up system.
> 
> This drive is known ATAPI-compliant, is known to work fine under
> DOS, 95, NT, OS/2, SCO, Linux etc. Incredibly frustrating...
> 
> Has anybody *in the world* gotten this to actually work, or are
> IDE CD-ROMS with IDE HDDs under 3.12 just an urban legend?
> 
> Thanx,
> Kerry Thomas
> kdthomas@cyberramp.net
> 
> -------- Details ---------------
> 
> Dell NetPlex 486sx/33. 16MB Ram. 110MB HDD(IDE master). NEC
> Multispin 6V CD-ROM.
> 
> Here's what I do:
> server -ns -na
> file server name bb
> IPX internal: aa
> load c:\server.312\patches\npapatch
> load nwpa /naload
> load after311 (auto-loads CLIB 3.12j,STREAMS 3.12b)
> load ideata port=1f0 int=E
> load idehd
> mount sys
> 
> OK, now SYS is FINALLY mounted. Fine. Let's go on:
> load CDROM
> 
> At this point, I get a stream of garbage, a beep, and a FS prompt.
> -- Any CD commands return an obligatory string of garbage, and a
>    beep.
> -- LIST DEVICES returns the first device as being an
>    "Unbound Device Object". A search for this cryptic little gem
>    in the Novell KnowlegeBase reveals nothing.
> 
> --
> Kerry D. Thomas
> kdthomas@cyberramp.net
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