Re: ide-cd as a modules not working in the latest kernels?

Erik Andersen (andersen@inconnect.com)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:08:24 -0700 (MST)

Have you tried adding the line "hdX=cdrom" to your kernel command line
where "X" is the drive letter of your ATAPI cdrom drive? Did that help?

-Erik

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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Kjartan Maraas wrote:


> I am unable to get to my cdrom a Acer/Jas CD-910E 10X.
> I'm not sure about the 2.0 series (because I have
> not compiled one of these in a long time.)
> 
> The story goes like this:
> 
> A while ago I flashed a new bios for my MB (asus p2t4 rev 3.1) and my
> cdrom disappeared. This was also the case under Win95. Fine revert to
> the old bios and all was back to normal.
> 
> Later I have tried some newer beta-bioses and now the cdrom is gone in
> linux when compiled as a module, but has come back under Win95
> This leads me to think there is a problem with the cdrom-driver in linux
> when compiled as a module.
> 
> This is an IDE-CDROM as master on the second port.
> 
> I'll be glad to provide more info on this if someone tells me what to
> look for.
> 
> Cheers and keep up the good work.
> 
> Kjartan
>