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Hello everybody,

I am trying to install Slackware 3.0 (by InfoMagic) but the kernel does not
detect my CD-ROM. ("CD-ROM drive not found" message during booting)

I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
Soundcard (SB16).

I am using the sbpcd boot kernel (kernel version is 1.3.18)

Do I need a special configuration on my kernel because of the fact that
the CD-ROM is running off the Soundcard??

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Please email me.

Thank you very much in advance.

Quote:>I am trying to install Slackware 3.0 (by InfoMagic) but the kernel does not
>detect my CD-ROM. ("CD-ROM drive not found" message during booting)

>I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
>Soundcard (SB16).

Also, try making a boot disk from one of the kernels in the Q series.

James

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Quote:>Hello everybody,
>I am trying to install Slackware 3.0 (by InfoMagic) but the kernel does not
>detect my CD-ROM. ("CD-ROM drive not found" message during booting)
>I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
>Soundcard (SB16).
>I am using the sbpcd boot kernel (kernel version is 1.3.18)
>Do I need a special configuration on my kernel because of the fact that
>the CD-ROM is running off the Soundcard??
>Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Please email me.
>Thank you very much in advance.

-John

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Later...

Simon

I tried to install Linux on a 486dx100 with a Seagate 4x drive hooked up
to a SoundBlaster 16 card, and the sbpcd boot image also failed to
recognize my CDROM.  I wound up reinstalling Linux using a bare bootdisk
image (IDE harddrive only), but I would like to get my CDROM working with
Linux too.

I saw that the Linux 2.0 kernel has just been released.  Does anybody
know if I would be better off installing the 2.0 kernel?

Thanks (from a Linux newbie),
Chris

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Quote:>>I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
>>Soundcard (SB16).

>>I am using the sbpcd boot kernel (kernel version is 1.3.18)

Quote:>This is a simple mistake. Just because your cd-rom is connected to sb
>card doesn't mean you use the sb boot disk. You are using the wrong
>bootdisk image.

Good luck,
Jeremy

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Jeremy L. Rosenberger

Quote:> So what is the proper bootdisk image? The sbpcd image is listed as the
> image for IDE Creative Labs CDROM drives, at least from what I have read,
> both in the reference book I got with my Slackware 3.0 CDROM, and in the
> CDROM Howto.

Quote:> I tried to install Linux on a 486dx100 with a Seagate 4x drive hooked up
> to a SoundBlaster 16 card, and the sbpcd boot image also failed to
> recognize my CDROM.  I wound up reinstalling Linux using a bare bootdisk
> image (IDE harddrive only), but I would like to get my CDROM working with
> Linux too.

Quote:> I saw that the Linux 2.0 kernel has just been released.  Does anybody
> know if I would be better off installing the 2.0 kernel?

On the other hand I am using 2.0 as of yesterday with my Acer 6x and it
is performing better than ever.

Hope this helps...

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Later...

Simon

Hi,

I'm trying to install Redhat Linux 2.1 on a 486 DX2 66 with 2 IDE hard
drives and an IDE Mitsumi CDROM.  Linux doesn't want to recognize my
hard drive so I can install everything off of the Linux CDs.

In Windoze95 it appears that my CDROM is at port address 300 and using
IRQ 11.  So I've tried typing (as well as various other ports):
linux mcd=0x300,11 hdc=cdrom

While attempting to mount hdc it stalls for a bit and says it was a
total failure but I can't see the exact error message as it scrolls
by too fast.

I am attempting to install kernal 1.2.13 with boot image #0000 (which
is supposedly for configurations with no ethernet and no SCSI and
IDE/ATAPI or SCSI CDROMs.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Should I just try a different boot image that states it is for
Mitsumi CDROMs (but for non IDE/ATAPI)?
If Windoze95 says the port is 300 and the IRQ is 11 - is that the truth?

Thanks in advance.  Respond via Email or news (email preferred).

Other possibly relevant info:
Gateway computer, 2x speed Mitsumi, I'm getting very tired of rebooting
and trying another parameter in vain!

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Tim Rafert

Thanks to those who replied via email - all I did to fix this was
try boot image #0001 - which says it _is_ for a Mitsumi CDROM but
_not_ IDE or ATAPI.  Well it works with my IDE CDROM - and thats
all that matters.  Go figure!

Thanks again to those who gave me suggestions!

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Tim Rafert

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I am having the same problem with the SLAKWARE distribution.  My IDE MITSUMI
CD-ROM is the first device on the secondary IDE controller.  Win95 sees it
without any problem.  The BOOT DISK I made from the The Complete Linux Kit is
supposed to be for UIDE mitsumi CD-ROMs.  Do I have to tell it to look on PCI
#2 somehow?  Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions anyone may have.

Quote:>Hello everybody,

>I am trying to install Slackware 3.0 (by InfoMagic) but the kernel does not
>detect my CD-ROM. ("CD-ROM drive not found" message during booting)
>I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
>Soundcard (SB16).
>I am using the sbpcd boot kernel (kernel version is 1.3.18)
>Do I need a special configuration on my kernel because of the fact that
>the CD-ROM is running off the Soundcard??
>Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Please email me.
>Thank you very much in advance.

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Quote:

>Hello everybody,

>I am trying to install Slackware 3.0 (by InfoMagic) but the kernel does not
>detect my CD-ROM. ("CD-ROM drive not found" message during booting)

>I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
>Soundcard (SB16).

>I am using the sbpcd boot kernel (kernel version is 1.3.18)

>Do I need a special configuration on my kernel because of the fact that
>the CD-ROM is running off the Soundcard??

>Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Please email me.

>Thank you very much in advance.

First of all you CD-ROM must be configured as master, as the one that
came with the Creative Labs kit was configured as slave.

If your kit is new your CD-ROM interface must be IDE-ATAPI, so you
should use the kernel that has support for this kind of interface
support, and not the one that offers support for a "sound blaster CD".

If your kit is of the "plug and play" type, you must assure yourself
that the IDE interface is installed as the second IDE adaptor. You can
check using that "ISA configuration utility" that comes with the kit.
Your card should use the I/O port addresses  that start with 0x170
and interrupt 15. If this utility complains about conflicts delete any
interface that is causing the conflict.

When you finnaly boot the system with your boot disks, you should tell
the kernel that your CD is the first device of the second IDE adaptor.
So, you should write:  hdc=cdrom

With these steps I succeded in my installation. I'm sure that you'll
have other kinds of problems, but I hope this helps....

In your future use of Linux, you'll have to boot DOS first to perform
the initiallization of the soundblaster adapter.

If you have further questions, just mail me :-)

Armando Paz

Well, my Linux now sees my CD-ROM fine, but my OS/2 Warp now sometimes
gets confused. :-(

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: > >Hello everybody,
: > >
: > >I am trying to install Slackware 3.0 (by InfoMagic) but the kernel does not
: > >detect my CD-ROM. ("CD-ROM drive not found" message during booting)
: > >I have a 4X CD-ROM (Matsushita CR-574-B) running off a SoundBlaster
: > >Soundcard (SB16).
: > >I am using the sbpcd boot kernel (kernel version is 1.3.18)
: > >Do I need a special configuration on my kernel because of the fact that
: > >the CD-ROM is running off the Soundcard??
: > >Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Please email me.
: > >Thank you very much in advance.

The standard SB16 setup is that the CDROM is actually hooked to an IDE
port, NOT the soundcard.  Look closely at your cables.  If the CDROM is
hooked to anything other than the soundcard or power supply (i.e. the
motherboard or hard drive controller card) use the idecd boot kernel (or
recompile the kernel).

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