This one time, at band camp, Joe Sypniewski said: > There are two good things happen to human race; development of the wheel > and Linux Debian. Thanx for help, there is no better supported software > than this one. > > Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > > > > > I am a novice in Linux & I would appreciate your help. I've tried to > > > load Debian 2.2r4 into my Toshiba CF-25. This laptop has no CD-ROM. > > > Normally I use either my Backpack CD-Rewriter from Microsolutions or > > > EXP's CD-RW station. Both drives use parallel printer port as an > > > interface and they work fine on DOS or Win. I've called EXP support and > > > they only can tell that their drive is supported by a new Linux kernel. > > > > Try loading a module for your CD-RW by modconf. > > I'm still looking for the proper driver for my disks. > cd /usr/src/linux; make xconfig. Go to block devices - there is support for ide on parport. I have never tried it, but I assume that you'll have to enable support for ide on parport, then do scsi emulation (ide-scsi), so that cd burning works. Try googling for parport cd burner linux or something - you ought to come up with some useful hints. HTH, Steve -- The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here. -- Finley Peter Dunne (Mr. Dooley)
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