[ale] CDROM - where is it?

[tko at westgac3.dragon.com (George A. Nies)]

Mike Kachline writes:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Huong Q. Dinh wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > I have an IDE CDROM, which device directory under /dev do you think
> > it might be.
> 
> 	Given that your CD is an ATAPI CD Rom, plugged into your IDE 
> drive controller, my suggestions would be to try:
> 	/dev/hdb - Primary Slave drive
> 	/dev/hdc - Secondary Master IDE drive
> 	/dev/hdd - Secondary Slave drive
> 
> 	If you are trying to install the slackware CD set and your CD 
> drive is plugged into your Soundblaster card, try creating a boot disk 
> with the "sbpcd.i" image. If all of the above don't work, The only other 
> proprietary CD which I can think of off the top of my head which is 
> commonly mistaken for as being an ATAPI is the "mitsumi" drives, thus, 
> try the "mitsumi.i" boot disk and see if that gets you any luck.
> 
> 							My $0.02,
> 							- Mike

Excellent advice, Panasonic drives use 40 pin cables and I believe that they
are proprietary as well. I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time 8-)

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