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Re: Creative 8x CD-ROM

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From: Anthony Rumble
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 00:00
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Cliff (clif@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au) wrote:
: I have a creative 8x cd-rom running of my ide controller at 0x170 and
: interupt 15.
: 
: How can I get this to work with Linux, I have the latest Redhat cd's
: (the one with metrox).    I have been trying to get the cd recognised
: so I can run the live file system to try out Linux on my machine.
: 
: Any help is appreciated.

Try booting with kernel options hdd=cdrom (or hdc=cdrom)

If that doesn't work, you will need a 1.3.20 or higher
kernel. These kernels you can give options to set the IRQ and address

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From: smilie@jolt.mpx.com.au (Anthony Rumble)
Subject: Re: Creative 8x CD-ROM
Date: 1996/05/13
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