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Re: 2.2 - install - cdrom_module



There are those who would have you believe that robert_wilhelm_land wrote:
> I'm just in the procedure of installing potato on a virgin system.
> Everything seems to be ok, I'm just unsure when it comes to choose the
> appropiate modules.
> 
> This box has a ATAPI CDROM which is currently used by the debian
> boot/install procedure.
> 
> What are all those cdrom devices in the modules list for? Are these
> devices without a ATAPI interface?
> 
> I assume to choose non but unsure having a ready system without cdrom
> support.
> 
> Any comments would be helpful.
> 

Those are for old proprietary CD-ROM interfaces.  Hardly anyone uses them
anymore, but they were common when CD-ROMs first came out.  As long as
you have a standard ATAPI or SCSI CD-ROM you don't need to worry about
them.




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