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Re: Setting up a CD ?
>
> Evgeny Stambulchik writes:
> > benyo@NetVision.net.il wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I'm a new-comer to the LinuX world !
> > > I am trying to install (I'v got a CD made by InfoMagic) and i can't seem to
> > > mount it.
> > > I have a Teac 55A (Quad Speed) CD conneted to a 16-Bit SoundBlaster.
> > If it's IDE drive - you have to wait 1-2 months; no quadspeed IDE drive is
> > supported currently, AFAIK.
>
> I don't think this is correct. Someone asked me about Linux
> supporting this CD at the show. I believe it's a MCD compatible (i.e.
> it can plug into a soundblaster MultiCD card). After much poking
> around, (in CD Howto, kernel source code), it was discovered that
> although it has the same interface, it needs to be controlled
> differently. So someone was working on support for it, and the
> support was still alpha.
>
> However, this was in kernel 1.2.1. I just looked in kernel 1.2.9 and
> it seems to already be supported. So, if you upgrade to kernel 1.2.9
> (or newer), you should be fine with the Teac 55A.
>
> BTW, according to the CDROM Howto, *all* IDE CDROM drives are
> supported. The speed doesn't make any difference (in support, that
> is).
>
I work with Mitsumi IDE CD-ROMs both 2x and 4x (on Gateway
machines) - they were supported since 1.2.3; till 1.2.8
there was a bug that prevented CDplayers (like xmcd)
from accessing the last track (it was *very* annoying)
- this bug is fixed in 1.2.9
The thing that helps is
cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/block
chmod +x MAKEDEV.ide1
./MAKEDEV.ide1
Mark Zusman.
> Dr. Harvey J. Stein
> Berger Financial Research
> hjstein@math.huji.ac.il
>