Re: Multiple ide DVD/CD devices question

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
12 May 1999 16:45:37 -0700

In article <linux.kernel.19990512094644.B8219@helium.inexs.com>,
Chuck Campbell <campbell@neosoft.com> wrote:
>I'm picking up a machine this afternoon, and it comes with a DVD drive.
>
>My understanding is that there are no drivers for these as of yet.

The normal IDE device driver treats a DVD drive like an IDE drive.
I've got a K5/166 machine that I put a Hitachi/IBM DVD drive into,
and it works just fine for installing Mastodon Linux from CD. I'd
suspect that the RH CD installer would work just as well.

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david parsons \bi/ Actually a K5/133, but it would be silly to go
\/ to my grave without overclocking at least one
processor.

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