Bob Nielsen writes: > > On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Carl Flippin wrote: > > > Every time I try to access my cdrom under any distribution of Linux, > > the entire system goes into limbo. My drive is connected to a PAS 16 > > and it appears that autoprobe is finding it since the light on the > > drive flashes. The drive is a Toshiba 2x. Has anyone heard of this > > problem before? Do I need to get a new CDROM drive? > > I would strongly recommend that you compile the appropriate non-IDE driver > into your kernel and avoid autoprobing. I had many problems with > autoprobing a Creative Labs CD-ROM.
Or as an alternative, if Carl is using LILO, he can use the "append" command and reserve the affected area and supply the needed parameters. I did this with an ethernet card which didn't like autoprobe. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.2 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
