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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Sun, 21 May 2006, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Sat, 20 May 2006, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 20 May 2006, Karolis Lyvens wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to connect external parallel port CDROM drive to BasicLinux?
> > > The model is MULTIPORT CD-JET SL.
>
> According to another site, your CD-ROM drive has chip KBIC-971A and the
> third module for it would be kbic.o, so insmod paride, insmod pcd, insmod
> kbic.

Another google/linux search on parallel port CD-ROM /dev/ reveals that you 
will need to make a /dev/pcd0 - parallel CD 0 (and for multiple such 
drives also make a pcd1 with b 46 1, etc.)  b = block device, 46 the major 
and 0 the minor number

mknod /dev/pcd0 b 46 0

(Someone please correct me if this is wrong.  The dry sunny weather must 
have pried everyone else in the US away from their computers today).

Sindi