thanks!
At 08:31 PM 6/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Maureen Beck wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone advise me on how to install RH 5.0 from a CD-rom ?
>> I get as far as the menu that asks what kind of CD-rom driver -- my CD -rom
>> drive is a USDRIVEs 24DT . It is an atapi compliant drive attached to a
>> Soundblaster card. My problem is: when I get to the menu, I am offered a
>
>The SoundBlaster "IDE" port used to be not 100% IDE compatible,
>at least on my old Discovery 2x kit.
>Don't know about the new ones.
>I used at the time the sbpcd driver (actually I still do, as the
>second CD drive)
>My new IDE cdrom is connected to the IDE controller, had no
>problems with it. It has no impact on the soundcard, if this
>worries you.
>If your CD is really IDE (quite probable) and you still have a
>free IDE connector, try connecting it there. A newer motherboard
>should auto-detect it.
>And you can keep the small audio cable between the CD and the
>soundcard, for playing audio CDs :)
>
>Or,
>
>Usually newer motherboards have 2 IDE controllers (each
>supporting 2 devices) so you probably need to instruct linux to
>use the third controller, on the sound card, if you really need
>to keep the CD connected to the soundcard. Not sure how to do it
>and if the shipped kernel has support for the third IDE (at least
>it doesn't probe it by default).
>
>dan
>
>
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