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Re: Which boot/root disks should I use?




#On Tue, 23 May 1995, Ilan Finci wrote:
#
#> Hi,
#> I'm going to install linux form a set of Infomagic's CDs.
#> My CD-ROM is Creative's CR-ROM connected to SB16.
#
#I have no idea what an SB16 uses for an interface to the CD, but will
#assume some substandard IDE type. Therefore:
#
#> My questions are :
#> which 1.2M disks shuld I use as boot and root disks so they will support 
#> the CD?
#
#In ~linux/bootdsks.12 look for a file with CD model names (I assume
#it's cdu33 something). 
#
#> Does the kernel from this distribution support SB & CD or do I have to 
#> recompile it ? 
#
#It DOES have CD support (obviously) but does NOT have SB support  - you 
#_WILL_ have to recompile the kernel which is good practice in any case.
#
#> If I have to recompile it - what feature do I have to enable to support 
#> the SB and CD ?
#
#RTFM.
#
#
#
Hi.

Maybe you can find the answer in the attached table.
i ftp-ed it from somewhere on the net.Sun Mar 19 19:12:16 PST 1995
Behatzlaha!
 

File: WHICH.ONE

Q: There are so many bootdisks! Which one should I use?
 
A: Here's a little table to help you decide. In each box, the best choice
   will be at the top of the list. Other disks you might try if the recommended
   choice doesn't work are preceded by a (*). If you can't install directly from
   your CD-ROM, you might consider copying the disk directories onto your hard
   drive on a DOS or HPFS partition and installing from there.
 
   -- Pat
 
 
------------\              Target hard drive type:
Slackware    \       
source on:    \      IDE                 SCSI             MFM
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Floppy:       | bare             | scsi             | xt
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Hard Drive:   | bare             | scsi             | xt
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
SCSI CD-ROM:  | scsi             | scsi             |
--------------+------------------+------------------+------------------------- 
Mitsumi CD:   | mitsumi          | mitsumi          |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Aztech,       | aztcd            | aztcd            |
Orchid,       |                  |                  |
Okano,        |                  |                  |
Wearnes CD    |                  |                  |
with interface|                  |                  |
card:         |                  |                  |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sony CDU31a   | cdu31a           | cdu31a           |
or CDU33a CD: |                  |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Soundblaster, | sbpcd            | sbpcd            |
Panasonic,    |                  |                  |
Kotobuki,     |                  |                  |
Matsushita,   |                  |                  |
& Lasermate   |                  |                  |
CD-ROM:       |                  |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Sony 535/531  | cdu535           | cdu535           |
CD-ROM:       |                  |                  |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Most IDE/ATAPI| idecd            | idecd            |
CD-ROMs:      |                  |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
NFS:          | net              | scsinet1  (see   |
              |                  | list 1 below)    |
              |                  |                  |
              |                  | scsinet2  (see   |
              |                  | list 2 below)    |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------
Tape:         | bare (for floppy | scsi             | xt (for floppy tape)
              |       tape)      |                  |
              | scsi (for SCSI   |                  |
              |       tape)      |                  |
--------------+------------------+------------------+-------------------------

 
SCSI DRIVERS:
 
List 1:                              List 2:
Adaptec 152x/1542/1740/274x/284x     Generic NCR5380
Buslogic                             NCR 53c7,8xx
EATA-DMA (DPT/NEC/AT&T)              Always IN2000
Seagate ST-02                        Pro Audio Spectrum 16
Future Domain TMC-8xx, 16xx          QLogic
                                     Trantor T128/T128F/T228
                                     Ultrastor
                                     7000 FASST
 
Note: The 'scsi' disk and the disks with non-SCSI CD-ROM drivers contain all
the SCSI drivers from both lists 1 and 2.  The 'scsinet1' and 'scsinet2' disks
should really only be used to install via NFS.