Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: ATAPI CDROM kernel problems | Date | Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:50:11 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> > Can somebody PLEASE give me a CLUE?!?!? > > I need one too. I have a Mitsumi Quad Speed, plugged into the IDE port of my > Soundblaster AWE32 PnP. I initialize the soundcard using Intel's Plug and > Pray driver, then reboot into Linux. The sound works, but I haven't been > able to get the triple damned IDE channel to work. If I specify it, it says > that it's already in use, *or* goes ahead and allocates it, but won't let me > set /dev/hd? (where ? is c, d, e, etc.) to be a CDROM, saying the "port is > in use." So either I'm screwed once, or I'm screwed twice. :) > > I'm starting to think that this is a major kernel screwup. If you get any > information, please send it my way while I still have some hair left. :) > > Regards.
Is the info in the IDE documentation about the tertiary port any help?
Oh, try using isapnptools so you don't have to boot DOS :-)
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net My home page http://www.redhat.com/~aem/ Linux Plug-and-Play Project Leader. See URL http://www.redhat.com/pnp/
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