Messages in this thread | | | From | tigran_aivazian@dsti ... | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:58:15 +0000 | Subject | Re[2]: [2.1.47] patch to avoid the ATAPI CD locking at boot |
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Aaron Tiensivu wrote:
>> Description of the problem (you must have an ATAPI CD to try the following >> it): >> 1. Reboot your machine >> 2. Wait lilo prompt >> 3. Before boot linux open your ATAPI CD-ROM (as you want to insert a CD, >> you can also insert a CD) >> 4. Don' t close the CD-ROM with the eject button, but leave it opened >> 5. With the CD-ROM opened start linux from lilo (that is waiting from >> point 2). >> 6. When the boot is finished and you are logging into your system try to >> open the CD-ROM with the eject button (the same you pressed at point 3 >> to open it) >> 7. The CD is locked After exactly these steps I had my CD-ROM locked but... under windoz95 thingy. The CD-ROM is old 4x Panasonic.
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