>> since many releases of the 2.1 kernel and still in the 2.2 kernel
>> I get upon bootup
> Do you now when _exactly_ this broke?
>> hda.........................ATAPI Unknown (type 14) device
> ATAPI 2.6 lists 14 as being a reserved type - the correct type
> for compliant CD-ROMs is 5.
>> The device in question is a CD-ROM drive, type CDU711.
> Is this a Sony drive?
>> Oh, needless to say that I can't see the CD-ROM drive from
>> within Linux.
> Booting with hda=cdrom should solve your problem.
I have seen a motherboard that complains if /dev/hda (the primary
master IDE device) is anything other than a hard drive, and I fixed
that problem by putting the IDE tape drive on as a secondary drive (so
it would appear as /dev/hdb instead). The system in question was set
up to netboot, and doesn't have any form of hard drive in it, so
/dev/hda is unused as a result...
The system in question isn't mine, and doesn't run Linux, so I can't
comment on what Linux makes of it, but because of that experience, I
always stay clear of /dev/hda for IDE non-hard drives...
Best wishes from Riley.
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