Re: IDE CDROM drive
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Randy Cain wrote:
> Am trying to configure linux on a Dell Pentium box with a IDE CDROM
> drive attached to the 2nd controller. Machine boots up fine from hard
> drive which is /dev/hda1, but I can't seem to find the cdrom drive.
Hi,
As two previous posters have pointed out, the CD-Rom will probably be
device /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc. Linux is supposed to be able to work this
out automatically when you boot up, but it can't always do so -- you'll be
able to tell this from the boot messages you get with dmesg | more.
If this really is the problem then you can fix it in some cases by using
the boot option hdx=cdrom (changing x to b, c or d, whichever is
appropriate). It worked on my machine, anyway. (How you give the kernel a
boot option depends on whether you are using loadlin, lilo or a Linux boot
floppy.)
HTH!
Hugh
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