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Adaptec 1520i with Panasonic CD/PD drive and 4x Oak CD-ROM install HELP!!

Adaptec 1520i with Panasonic CD/PD drive and 4x Oak CD-ROM install HELP!!

Post by gung.. » Mon, 17 Mar 1997 04:00:00



Folks,
        I have a Cyrix 6x86 p166 CPU, 2 IDE Western Digital HD's, a
Pain-in-the-sonic CD/PD drive connected to an Adaptec SCSI 1520-i card
configured to IRQ12, address 140c, and a plain old Oak 4x CD-Rom
Drive.  I bought the "Complete Linux Toolkit" thinking that as a
newbie I'd avoid some of the install hassle that goes along with
Linux.  Go on and chuckle, I don't mind.  One month later I still
cannot access either of my CD-roms, and I am just about ready tear my
hair out.  Please, if anyone can help me install one or both of my
CD-ROM Drives, I would be most grateful.  The PD I halfway expect to
be uninstallable, since it is a semi-* piece of hardwarde that
acts as both a Magnetic-Optical Drive and an ordinary 4x CD-er.  
        The problem I'm having is that after obtaining the boot
floppies and booting up the Slackware install menu, It will not
acknowledge any drives but the two IDE's.  I should mention that
they're both chained to the Primary IDE motherboard interface as
Master and Slave drives.  the Oak CD-ROM has the Secondary IDE
motherboard port all to itself, and the SCSI Panasonic is on a VLB
slot.  The  Oak CD-ROM is set to IRQ 15 I believe.  Help!! TIA,
        Andrew Ness

 
 
 
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