Re: CD-ROM drive to install Linux

[James Austin <auji cruzio com>]

John J. Donohue wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, James Austin wrote:
> 
> >  I've got an old PC that I'd like to install Linux on.  The problem is I
> >  can't seem to get a CD-ROM drive to work for installation. I've tried a
> >  cheap HI-VAL drive made by Western Digital and a Sony CDU77E-Q and
> >  neither is recognized during the installation of Linux.
> >  Does anyone know what CD-ROM drive will work, and where I can get it.
> 
> I did my last two installs from a Hi-Val, also used a Sony once.
> How is your CD drive hooked up (IDE-1 master, IDE-1 slave, IDE-2 master,
> IDE-2 slave, or is it interfaced thru a sound card)? also, where in the
> install is it not being recognized (from the beginning, or after the
> restart)?
> I generally hook up drives as IDE-2 master (assuming only one hard drive),
> boot from a DOS floppy with the driver files for the CDROM installed, then
> run the redhat install disks.
> 
Thats good news.  Must be user error. --
Well... I've tried setting the pin on the back of the drive as master,
and as slave and connected it to the same ribbon cable as the hard
drive.  Tried it on both positions on the ribbon cable, connected
directly to the controller card.
I booted from a Redhat Linux floppy and during the process it will ask
for the media I'm loading Linux from.  My response is local CD-ROM.  It
will attempt to find it and then come up with a list of CD-ROM drives. 
Neither of mine are on it.