[plug] Sound Blaster CDROM + RedHat 7.0

[Edward Doernberg]

I dont know about linux but i have a simaler cd out of an old 486. When
i had hard drive truble the shop moved the CD from the sound card to the
motherbord so it wold enable botable CD's and remove the need for the
complicated driver. 

mine was faster, 4 or 8 speed i think.

i wold try it on the mainbord IDE. i expect it will work bout as i saidi
havnt tryed that or much els on linux.

Edward Doernberg

linux user synce 03/01/2001

Flipper wrote:
> 
> G'day
> 
> > you need to find out what CDROM type it is and what port you are plugged
> > into, etc.
> 
> I know what type of CDROM it is
> a matsushita CR-562 2 speed and it is plugged into an IDE "LIKE" interface on a soundblaster 16 sound card
> Its old yes I know but it works fine with Redhat 6.0 and is supported by 7.0 according to the Redhat website and the multitudionous HOWTOs around the place
> I am fairly sure that it wont plug into the mainboard IDE secondary interface as It is a propietary interface made by Panasonic\soundblaster from about 1994
> 
> an interesting feature though is that RedHat 6.0 detects the CDROM despite the fact its connected to a 16-bit ISA soundcard... wish the same was true for the NIC!
> 
> thanx for the responses
> 
> > my suggestion is to bring your box along to the next plug meeting and
> > someone maybe able to help you out and fix your prob.
> 
> when\where is the next PLUG meeting BTW?
> I was hoping to get along to one soon
> 
> Cheers
> 
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