Very Computer

I am in the process of installing LINUX onto what (was) my PC.

I bought a CD-ROM specifically to install LINUX from several months prior
to looking into the actual install.

I goofed.

I bought a Philips LMS CM-206 2x CD...the *one* Philips drive that does
not have a driver listed in the default setups...

Has one been developed that I can patch into a re-compiled Kernel, or
would it be easier to junk the drive and buy a different one to attach to
my Sound Blaster 16 (which already *is* supported in the kernel I am
using...)

jonathon

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Quote:>Has one been developed that I can patch into a re-compiled Kernel, or

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If you run a v. 1.3 kernel (I'm using 1.3.10), the drive is supported
without needing to load a driver.

Cheers, Bob L.
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Kernel 1.3.45 has a driver for the CM-206.  I've been using it for about 2-3
weeks with no problems.

Jason

A frend of mine has a Philips CM-205 CD rom and is looking for drivers
for Linux.. if someone knows where we can get them please let me know..

CLink wrote [about the 205 drive, in the body of a 206 msg.]
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Quote:> A frend of mine has a Philips CM-205 CD rom and is looking for drivers
> for Linux.. if someone knows where we can get them please let me know..

According to the Linux "CD-ROM Howto" written by Jeff Tranter

driver [i.e., the 206 driver], but there is a separate Alpha release
driver available."

This was written on 18 August 1995--maybe there have been some
developments in the meantime; why don't you contact the author of the
Howto and ask him?  Cheers, Bob L.
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