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Re: CD-ROM issue



* Shaun (senmonk6@yahoo.com) spake thusly:
> 	Forgive me if this is a stupid question but I was having trouble finding out what parameters to
> pass to the kernel during an install to allow the cd-rom to work. I have been through the mailing
> lists, debian documentation, and linuxdoc.org, and found nothing.

That's because an IDE cdrom will be automagically recognized
as /dev/hdX, where X = a for primary master, b for primary slave etc.
(ide driver is compiled into the kernel). If you have a scsi cdrom, 
you'll need to load the driver (module) for your scsi card.
If you have a really old cdrom plugged into the sound card, you'll 
need a custom kernel with appropriate driver.

> Any help is much appreciated.

Have a look in /proc/ide, lots of interesting stuff in there.

Dima
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