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Re: Linux installation problem



On Mon, 27 May 1996, Amir Raveh wrote:

Youll need to install a kernel that supports your cdrom from the Q disk
series.

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a problem with my CD-ROM in a new installation of Slackware Linux 3.0.
> The CD-ROM is an IDE/ATAPI 6x CD-ROM from Philips which works fine under
> MS-DOS & Windoze.
> 
> It also works fine with the boot & ramdisk floppies created by slackware for
> the installation process (I loaded Linux to its own partition).
> 
> The problem starts when I boot from the LILO floppy created at the end of the
> installation - it fails in trying to read from the CD-ROM when going to
> multi-user mode.
> 
> MY IDE setup is:
> 
> Primary IDE with a 1.28G disk configured as master.
> Secondary IDE with the CD-ROM configured as master (I also tries "Single",
> which is when the jumer is removed or stored horizontally - smae results).
> 
> I checked the /proc/filesystems & it shows the iso9660 is supproted, but I
> ssuspect the problem is I see no 'ide1' in the /proc/devices when I cat it,
> while I do see an 'ide0'.
> 
> It seems that the identification of the secondary IDE fails. Using the
> following did not help either:
> 
> hdc=cdrom
> ide1=0x0170
> hda=serialize
> 
> Any ideas/recommendations or similar setups which you can help me with?
> 
> 	TIA,
> 
> -- 
>                Amir Raveh                    | #include <std_disclaimer.h>
>                                              |
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> 
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