CDROM Installation problems
This seems to be more of a hardware problem thanan OS problem.
My BIOS is very old, so all I see when the PC is powering up is just the
amount of RAM, extended memory and some other stuff on the memory. No
mention of the drives detected.
The BIOS setup has provisions for 2 IDE drives, but when I set the second
to auto-detect, it can't sense the CDROm.
Also, the CDROM (Matsushita-Kotobuki) is 4x IDE CR-563-B.
It has 4 jumper settings.
I put the jumper in all 4 positions abd connected the CDROm to the first
IDE drive as slave to the hard disk, but in all cases the BIOS could not
find the hard disk controller. The hard disk had the jumper set in the
middle slot (as master, right?)
My motherboard has a single IDE drive.
I contacted customer support for the CDROm, but they were in the least bit
supportive.
Anyone has any suggestions?
Thanks,
Michelle.
Michelle Maria Coelho
Department of Computer and Information Science
Purdue School of Science
Phone: 1-317-278-2948
Fax : 1-317-274-9742
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