Red Hat 4.2 Install Question

[Preston McMurry <pvmiii execpc com>]

I never was able to get it to recognize my CD drive (nor was I able 
to get DOS to recognize the drive. Maybe the drive is bad? Who knows,
they aren't all that expensive anyway. So I'll get a new one and see 
if that works. My question to the list is this:

"What CD drive is the *least* likely to have RedHat 4.2 compatibility
problems?"

(My reading of the HOWTO says it would probably be an ATAPI drive?)

I'm tired of screwing with the drive. I want to plop one in and have 
it be recognized so I can get down to the business of screwing with 
Linux itself. ;-)

Thanx,

Preston

>Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 14:29:59
>To: redhat-install-list redhat com
>From: Preston McMurry <pvmiii execpc com>
>Subject: Red Hat 4.2 Install Question
>
>Following the instructions in the manual, when I get to the CD-ROM 
>installation, I can go no further. Specifically, the sequence that 
>occurs is as follows: 
>
>    1) Installation method = Local CDROM 
>
>    2) (the CD is already in the drive)
>
>    3) Other CDROM (because, despite what the manual says, I 
>       don't get a IDE/ATAPI option.)
>
>    4) Select "Mitsumi" driver (Note that I get the same results
>       when I choose "Mitsumi (alternate)".)
>
>    5) Autoprobe
>
>    !) "I can't find the device anywhere on your system!"
>
>That's funny, I can. There it is, right there *point*. I checked 
>the connections, and everything is firm. It *is* a Mitsumi CDROM
>(CRMC-FX001D). I've been trying for three days to figure this 
>out, including reading HOWTOs and FAQs, on the CD and on Red
>Hat's site, and I am at wit's end.  
>
>What do I need to do? 
>
>Please help this lonely, lost soul in his quest to become 
>Microsoft-independent ...
>
>Preston
>
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>
>Full system specs:
>
>    CPU: Pentium/60
>
>    BIO: Phoenix BIOS 4.03
>
>    RAM: 32 meg (512k Async Cache)
>
>    HD:  Quantum (model # unknown) 1080 megs, with DOS in one 250 meg 
>         primary partition and also in another 250 meg extended 
>         partition (leaving 500 meg for Linux).
>
>    CD:  Mitsumi CRMC-FX001D
>
>    VID: Diamond Viper PCI v3.10 (2 meg VRAM)
>
>    MON: Generic crap brand (DFI? KFC USA?) 48Khz, 0.28 CRT
>
>    NET: I'm not on a network (the computer was on one before I bought 
>         it used), but it has a 3-COM Etherlink III card.
>
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