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Re: Scsi HD & IDE Cdrom



umpa loompa wrote:
>
> I've installed a copy of Slackware on a computer with
> the following configuration:
> /dev/hda =cdrom
> /dev/sda1= linux
> /dev/sda2 = swap
>
> the instalation have found the cdrom and installed
> the packages from it, but after the reboot it can not
> find the /dev/hda anymore
> the msg is
> mount /dev/hda /cdrom
> the kernel does not recognize /dev/hda as block device
>
>    (maybe `insmod driver?')
>
> I've tried insmod.. nothing
> Ideas anyone??

1. Try booting with the hda=cdrom option at the bootprompt
(Lilo : linux hda=cdrom )

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