[ale] Linux Questions (fwd)

[Geoffrey Myers]

}> }> >       I just installed slackware(3.0) on my machine using the infomagic CD. I
}> }> > used the mitsumi driver and went through the motions of setup etc. and
}> }> > configured my system completely, installed lilo etc. Now, I boot into
}> }> > linux and it cant see my CD ROM. I put a CD in there and say 'ls \CDROM'
}> }> > and it gives blank!! How do I get it to see the CDROM.
}> 
}> I had a similar problem with I loaded Linux here.  I had to add the following
}> to my lilo config:
}> 
}> append="hdd=cdrom"
}> 
}> Now my box has 4 IDE ports and the above says my cdrom is on the 4th one,
}> or the second one of the second pair.  My is a mitsumi also.  Hope that
}> helps.  By the way, before I did this, I got the same (misleading) 'not
}> a block device error.
}> 
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} where exactly did you add it. I tried it and it still has the same
}problem
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I'm assuming you have resolved whether you have an IDE cdrom or not.

Based on that, the above 'append' entry is the first entry in my lilo.conf.
My suggestion is that you run the lilo configuration program and recreate
/etc/lilo.conf.  You will want to select option 1 and that is the option
that you will add this append argument.  You've got to be sure you've
got an IDE cdrom though.  Please reference Mike Warfield's ealier
response.

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