Re: cd rom drives

[Ossama Othman <othman@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu>]

Hi,

> now.. here's the dumb newbie question.. apart from staying away from plug
> and pray, is there any complication to installing a cd-rom drive and new
> modem?  do i have to invoke prayers to any particular UNIX gods?  or do i
> get to shove the new stuff into their proper bays and boot up?

You should be able to use just about any "drop-in replacement" IDE
ATAPI or SCSI (if you have SCSI) CD-ROM drive.  Most modems should also
work but stay away from Winmodems.

-Ossama


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