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

Kjartan Maraas (kmaraas@fib.hl.no)
Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:36:14 +0000


Greetings

I just tried this now and it sure did the trick

Thank you very much!

Erik Andersen wrote:
>
> 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
> >