[4771] in RedHat Linux List
Re: redhat and CDROM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zero ToL)
Sun Nov 17 10:40:22 1996
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 09:38:23 -0600 (CST)
From: Zero ToL <zerotol@bga.com>
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I have also been expirencing this problem, I tell the linux install that
my cd-rom is a sony, Then it accesses the cd-rom, then says, "could not
mount cd-rom, I/O error". I have also tried my irq and base port just
like it says in the manual. So far I have had no success whatso ever.
On Sun, 17 Nov 1996, neil smith wrote:
> Hi all
> Well I've been lurking on this list for some time now and decided to take
> the plunge. I went and got the RedHat 4 and am not having a great deal of
> success installing it. My first and #1 problem is that I can not get it to
> recognize my CDROM. My system is a Compaq 486SX, 33mhz, 16megs Ram, 1.2g HD,
> and my CDROM is something that came with my PC, it seems to be a product of
> compaq called CDS and it is controlled by a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum
> 16 board. I have tried every combination that I can think of with the RedHat
> installation. Well not letting myself be beat, I decided to just copy it all
> to my DOS partition and run the install from there. Well it would seem that
> DOS does not recognize many of the file names and So I can not copy all of
> the necassary files to my HD.
> I'm now stuck!!!..................
> If any of you kind souls have any suggestions or Ideas I'm all ears. I have
> tried to look for a more detailed FAQS on forcing LILO to read the CDROM but
> from what I have found the DOCS are not very detailed. So I tried most of
> the combinations that the install book suggest. like "hdc=cdrom" etc......
>
> TIA for any help
>
>
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