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Hi Alex Gitelman,

>Did anybody install Linux with reveal cdrom.

"reveal cdrom" does not specify the type of your drive - it is
just as informational as "pc from the big warehouse".

>What options shoul I choose in make config?

Try to find out the brand or at least the interface type of
your drive.
Most newer warehouse cdrom drives use the IDE/ATAPI interface
type: the drive has a jumper for "master" or "slave", the interface
is configurable for at least "secondary IDE" (address 0x170, IRQ 15).
The only useful driver for these drives is ide-cd.

Sometimes you still find drives using the Panasonic/SoundBlaster
interface. As far as I know, only Funai is recently producing
some - named E2800 now, formerly MK4015 or CD200F. Some dirt-cheap
good old CR-562 or CR-563 (Panasonic, CreativeLabs) are still flying
through the stores, too, but I guess the production has stopped.
The only useful driver for these drives is sbpcd.

Anyway - under Linux, you never have a choice between any two cdrom
drivers; there is no driver or just one for each drive. If in doubt,
try to find out facts and check against linux/Documentation/cdrom/*.

Cheers -e
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