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Mad Max (poulosio@netcom.com) wrote:

: I bought this Packard Bell Pentium with a PCI motherboard expressly to 
: make it a Linux box. Yes, it did come with the evil Winblows 95 which I 
: completely killed by using Linux fdisk on it. It got killed so good that 
: the recovery disk and CD can't restore it! Of course, I can't install 
: Linux on it from my slackware 2.2.0 CD. Aparently it does not support the 
: Packard Bell CD drive in it. My old computer is a Linux box, but I can't 
: use the Wearnes CDD-110 CD drive in it becuse Linux refused to support it,
: despite allegations that it does.

: Does Linux support any CD drive known to man? This is Strike 2 for me.

: Does anyone have a list of CD drives that Linux DOES support? And is 
: confirmed? I don't want to waste money on Strike 3.

AFAIK Linux supports most standard ATAPI CD-ROMs. Im using the CDU76E
from Sony and it's a real beauty. It also supports the CR-521, CR-522,
CR-523, CR-562 and CR-563 CD-ROM drives, traditionally connected to a
Soundblaster on an IDE look-alike connector. The Mitsumi drives found
on some more recent Soundblasters (FX200 & FX400?) are also supported.
The Sony CDU-31A and CDU-33A drives are supported, as is Sony CDU-535
drives. In addition most SCSI CD-ROMs should work flawlessly.

I have yet to find a CD-ROM which doesnt work with the most upto-date
kernel drivers.

My list is by no means complete. Try getting a CD-ROM or Hardware FAQ
from sunsite or a mirror. If you have any troubles then ask on one of
the c.o.l.* groups or an irc #linux group.

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