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Mike

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: I recently installed Linux3.0 and XF86 on my 486/66 PCI, and had no luck
: getting it to find my CDROM.  I'm running my CDROM through the built-in
: controller on my SoundBlaster, and I'm wondering if this might be the
: reason Linux isn't finding it.  Has anyone had any experience with this
: sort of thing?  Thanks.

You too, eh? What is it with CD drives and Linux anyways? Why do so many
people have such a hard time with them? I know I have the worst luck of
all. I have yet to find one that works, and I tried 5 of the things. It's
like being a one-man government agency. Cost overruns and delays suck.
And to think Linux is free.......

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: I recently installed Linux3.0 and XF86 on my 486/66 PCI, and had no luck
: getting it to find my CDROM.  I'm running my CDROM through the built-in
: controller on my SoundBlaster, and I'm wondering if this might be the
: reason Linux isn't finding it.  Has anyone had any experience with this
: sort of thing?  Thanks.

yup, linux won't find it if the card is
software configurable (no jumpers).
the trick with those cards is to initialize
them in dos and then start linux.
this will only work if you run loadlin to
load linux, not lilo.

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