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by **micah voie** » Tue, 03 Sep 1996 04:00:00

I am trying to install Slackware 96 on an old PC that I have and am
having a hard time finding the appropriate boot disk image for this
IBM Easy option CD model no 650. This thing comes with its own
interface card. I choose soundblaser and it seems to work even though
it doesn't plug into a sound blaster. During installation it couldn't
find a CD during the scan for one. So I forced sound blaster
selection. During the installation I kept getting the following
errors

sbpcd-0[1] sbp-data: CDi status loop expired
sbpcd-0[2] sbp-data: timeout (timed out data)
sbpcd-0[3] sbp-data: read aborted by drive
sbpcd-0[4] st_check detected - retry

this sequence would sometimes repeat 2 or 3 times. It always seemed
to happen after I choose weather to install a package or not. The
installation worked regardless of these errors.

Anyhow, I would like to know what I should choose for a CD driver.
Please reply via E-mail.

Thanks,

by **clo..** » Thu, 05 Sep 1996 04:00:00

>I am trying to install Slackware 96 on an old PC that I have and am
>having a hard time finding the appropriate boot disk image for this
>IBM Easy option CD model no 650. This thing comes with its own
>interface card. I choose soundblaser and it seems to work even though
>it doesn't plug into a sound blaster. During installation it couldn't
>find a CD during the scan for one. So I forced sound blaster

I have an IBM Easy Options double-speed that says model CD654 on the
box, but is in fact a Mitsumi FX-001D repackaged by IBM (a not
uncommon practice for CD-ROMs). I would hazard a guess that yours
is a Mitsumi as well...

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HELP: IBM Easy Option CD

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