Messages in this thread | | | From | emoenke <> | Subject | Re: reveal cd-rom | Date | Mon, 4 Mar 1996 23:55:47 +0100 (MET) |
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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/*.
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