Oliver said: Almost all modern CD-ROM drives are either IDE or SCSI, so you probably don't need special drivers. You will need to specify a device later:
IDE channel 1 slave = /dev/hdb IDE channel 2 master = /dev/hdc IDE channel 2 slave = /dev/hdd SCSI CD-ROM (1st) = /dec/scd0 ============================== I respond: So the conclusion is that in the install screen for: Configure Device Driver Modules cdrom Device drivers for CD-ROM drives I don't need to make any selections because my CD-ROM is an IDE device. No doubt you are right, but how would a novice like myself have known this? I am trying to follow the instructions carefully. In doing so I am refering to: http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-welcome.en.html which is the installation document. No where in that document can I find anything which would have guided me to that conclusion. Perhaps a brief sentence in the 'Select cdrom modules' screen would be in order? So I appreciate your assistance as I go through the ambiguous directives in the install procedure. Thanks Ron
