On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Randy Cain wrote: > Am trying to configure linux on a Dell Pentium box with a IDE CDROM > drive attached to the 2nd controller. Machine boots up fine from hard > drive which is /dev/hda1, but I can't seem to find the cdrom drive.
Hi, As two previous posters have pointed out, the CD-Rom will probably be device /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc. Linux is supposed to be able to work this out automatically when you boot up, but it can't always do so -- you'll be able to tell this from the boot messages you get with dmesg | more. If this really is the problem then you can fix it in some cases by using the boot option hdx=cdrom (changing x to b, c or d, whichever is appropriate). It worked on my machine, anyway. (How you give the kernel a boot option depends on whether you are using loadlin, lilo or a Linux boot floppy.) HTH! Hugh ========================================================================== Hugh C. Pumphrey, Dept. of - | Tel. 0131-650-6026,Fax:0131-650-5780 Meteorology, Univ. of Edinburgh | Replace 0131 with +44-131 if outside U.K EDINBURGH EH9 3JZ, Scotland | Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======P=l=e=a=s=e==N=o=t=e==t=h=e==N=e=w==F=A=X==N=u=m=b=e=r==============
