by H. Ler » Fri, 01 Nov 1996 04:00:00
Has there anyone ever managed to install Linux from a Mitsumi FX001D
CD-ROM drive connected to a sound card?
I have spent many sleepless nights to figure this out. Recently
someone told me that the cause of failure might be a wrong DMA
setting.
Can anyone help me?
Hubert
PS: I know of a warm boot but want to boot from Linux.
by Rich Abbo » Tue, 05 Nov 1996 04:00:00
> Has there anyone ever managed to install Linux from a Mitsumi
> FX001D CD-ROM drive connected to a sound card?
I have the same CD-ROM, and it is connected to a SoundBlaster
16 MCD via the card's Mitsumi port. In addition, I have used
this CD-ROM under Linux with its own proprietary interface
board. It has always worked well for me (although it's a
very slow drive by today's standards, and you can now get a 10x
IDE CD-ROM drive for less than $120).
If the I/O address and/or IRQ for your setup are not identical
to the Mitsumi factory defaults, the trick you need to use is
the "mcd=" command. For example, on my system I supply the
string "mcd=0x314,10" to the kernel when booting...this means
that my setup uses I/O address 314 hex, and IRQ 10.
For initial booting, this string may be typed at the boot:
prompt as in "boot: linux mcd=0x314,10."
Once this string is supplied (if you're a LILO user, I think
it ends up in lilo.conf), your CD will be recognized and a
status line confirming that will be shown during boot.
Good luck!
Rich
by H. Ler » Thu, 07 Nov 1996 04:00:00
Rich,
>it's a very slow drive by today's standards, and you can now get a
10x
I know. I am thinking about buying one.Quote:>IDE CD-ROM drive for less than $120.
That's exactly my problem. According to the manual the defaults areQuote:>If the I/O address and/or IRQ for your setup are not identical
>to the Mitsumi factory defaults, the trick you need to use is
>the "mcd=" command. For example, on my system I supply the
>string "mcd=0x314,10" to the kernel when booting...this means
>that my setup uses I/O address 314 hex, and IRQ 10.
Tried this one too (see above).Quote:>For initial booting, this string may be typed at the boot:
>prompt as in "boot: linux mcd=0x314,10."
Is there a way to find out about the factory defaults (they seem to be
different from the ones in the manual) or the probe?
Regards,
Hubert
by Donald Harve » Mon, 11 Nov 1996 04:00:00
> Rich,
> >it's a very slow drive by today's standards, and you can now get a
> 10x
> >IDE CD-ROM drive for less than $120.
> I know. I am thinking about buying one.
> >If the I/O address and/or IRQ for your setup are not identical
> >to the Mitsumi factory defaults, the trick you need to use is
> >the "mcd=" command. For example, on my system I supply the
> >string "mcd=0x314,10" to the kernel when booting...this means
> >that my setup uses I/O address 314 hex, and IRQ 10.
> That's exactly my problem. According to the manual the defaults are
> 360h (I/O) and 12 (IRQ). I tried these values but to no avail. I've
> checked a whole bunch of values including your settings, but linux
> couldn't find the drive.
> >For initial booting, this string may be typed at the boot:
> >prompt as in "boot: linux mcd=0x314,10."
> Tried this one too (see above).
> Is there a way to find out about the factory defaults (they seem to be
> different from the ones in the manual) or the probe?
> Regards,
> HubertI too have a Mitsumi drive. You can check your config.sys file for a
I have to say though that allow I got Linux to recognize my CDROM it
would not mount it during installation. Good luck with your
installation though.
Don Harvey
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