Messages in this thread | | | From | mlord <> | Subject | Re: Creative CDROM driver | Date | Tue, 26 Mar 1996 17:58:54 -0500 |
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Orlando A. Andico wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, John_Wier wrote: > > > If your CDROM is ATAPI, forget about compiling the sbpcd kernel. It will > > not work. I have a SB 6x and had the same problem at first. It says in > > the READEME's to compile the kernel as idecd, and possible add the boot > > param hdc=cdrom ide1=170. I also have a SB32 card which is Plug&Play ... > When I boot the PC under DOS, I get the following > info from MSCDEX about the CD-ROM: it's an Oak Technology OTI-11 CD420A, > IRQ 7, port 1E8. Actually, It's connected to the SB16 card, not some odd > IDE interface. I think the reason why the kernel sees two IDE interfaces > (ide0, ide1) is that the IDE controller is an EIDE PCI type on the > motherboard (no card).
Again, the correct solution to use here is the kernel parameter:
ide2=0x1e8
-ml the Linux IDE guy
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