Kai Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi!
> 
> Quoting John Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > It it supposed to be possible to install Mandrake 6.1 (or Cooker) from
> > a SCSI CD-ROM?  I'd really like to be able to do this, since my IDE
> > CD-ROM can't read CD-RW-media disks; only my SCSI Plextor drive can.
> > But although the install process will let me load the aic7xxx.o driver,
> > it doesn't let me pick /dev/sr0 for the CD-ROM device; it only lets me
> > use /dev/hdc.
> 
> I have no problem installing Cooker with my SCSI Cdrom and aic7xxx driver
> either with Panoramix or with the traditional installer since I first
> started copying Cooker many weeks ago.
> 

the problem comes from the fact that he has *2* cdrom drives. The default redhat
behaviour in that case is to use the first one it finds, usually the ide one.

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