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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] why can't I find /dev/cdrom
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:23:57 +1200

Prof. Mladen Pavicic wrote:
>
> I tried all combinations: hdb, hdc, .. sda, ....

Did you do the following first?
-------------
insmod cdrom
insmod ide-cd
insmod isofs
-------------

> It worked under Win95 (now dismantled -
> The machine does not see the cdroom while booting
> either and I had to use a special program on a
> floppy which made the machine see the cdrom

It is possible that the CDrom drive is not IDE.

There are different Slackware kernels available
for non-IDE CDroms.
-------------------+----------------+
SCSI CD-ROM | Use a SCSI |
| controller |
-------------------+----------------+
Aztech, Orchid, | aztech kernel |
Okano, Wearnes, | |
Conrad, CyCDROM | |
non-IDE CD-ROM | |
-------------------+----------------+
Sony CDU31a, | cdu31a kernel |
Sony CDU33a CD-ROM| |
-------------------+----------------+
Sony CDU531, | cdu535 kernel |
Sony CDU535 CD-ROM| |
-------------------+----------------+
Philips/LMS cm206 | cm206 kernel |
CD-ROM | |
-------------------+----------------+
Goldstar R420 | goldstar |
CD-ROM | kernel |
-------------------+----------------+
Mitsumi non-IDE | mcdx kernel |
CD-ROM | mcd kernel |
-------------------+----------------+
Optics Storage | optics kernel |
8000 AT CD-ROM | |
("Dolphin") | |
-------------------+----------------+
Sanyo CDR-H94A | sanyo kernel |
CD-ROM | |
-------------------+----------------+
Matsushita, | sbpcd kernel |
Kotobuki, | |
Panasonic, | |
CreativeLabs | |
(Sound Blaster), | |
Longshine and | |
Teac non-IDE | |
CD-ROM | |
-------------------+----------------+

Cheers,
Steven




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