by Christophe LAUE » Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:00:00
I'm trying to install a RH 5.1 distrib on an old 486 with a Sony CDU-33A
cdrom. This distrib works pretty wellion my brand new PII with a 24X
CDROM, but RH kernel doesn't recognize the CDU-33A cdrom.
I've read the CDROM HOWTO, but i cannot figure out to find the correct
values for the requested boot parameters. Can someone tell me a more
detailled information. My 486+CDU33A currently run DOS 6.22 and a
slackware linux.
Thank you, Christophe.
by Harold Hen » Tue, 29 Sep 1998 04:00:00
--Quote:> Hi,
> I'm trying to install a RH 5.1 distrib on an old 486 with a Sony CDU-33A
> cdrom. This distrib works pretty wellion my brand new PII with a 24X
> CDROM, but RH kernel doesn't recognize the CDU-33A cdrom.
> I've read the CDROM HOWTO, but i cannot figure out to find the correct
> values for the requested boot parameters. Can someone tell me a more
> detailled information. My 486+CDU33A currently run DOS 6.22 and a
> slackware linux.
> Thank you, Christophe.
1. Sony CDU-33A with Red Hat 5.1
I am trying to install Red Hat Linux 5.1 on an older Midwest Micro.
System specs:
i486DX processor
12 MB RAM
HDD: Western Digital 170 MB (master) and Conner Peripherals 430 MB (slave)
CD-ROM: Sony CDU-33A connected to IDE card on motherboard, not a sound card
Video card: unknown
Logitech serial mouse
US 101-key keyboard
Soundblaster Value sound card
When I run autoboot.bat from the dosutils directory on the CD, it boots the
kernel fine. During the install, everything goes OK until I get to the
specify source. I choose Local CD-ROM. It won't detect the CD-ROM, so I
choose between SCSI and Other. Choosing Other, I try the Sony CDU-31A
driver (closest match). It can't autoprobe the drive. Under options, I
specify the port address as 340 hex. I'm not sure of the IRQ. Has anyone
else had this problem? What can I do to rectify it and proceed with the
installation? Many thanks.
Sean Wilson
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