Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: Multiple ide DVD/CD devices question | Date | 12 May 1999 16:45:37 -0700 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19990512094644.B8219@helium.inexs.com>, Chuck Campbell <campbell@neosoft.com> wrote: >I'm picking up a machine this afternoon, and it comes with a DVD drive. > >My understanding is that there are no drivers for these as of yet.
The normal IDE device driver treats a DVD drive like an IDE drive. I've got a K5/166 machine that I put a Hitachi/IBM DVD drive into, and it works just fine for installing Mastodon Linux from CD. I'd suspect that the RH CD installer would work just as well.
____ david parsons \bi/ Actually a K5/133, but it would be silly to go \/ to my grave without overclocking at least one processor.
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