>>>>> On Tue, 15 Aug 1995 13:13:31 +0200 (MDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>> (J.H.M.Dassen) said:
....
>> When the CD available is from FSF or elsewhere, will it support
>> big EIDE drives?
Jdassen> Yes. Debian uses the most up to date "stable" kernel; the
Jdassen> Hardware HowTo states: "Large IDE (EIDE) drives work fine
Jdassen> with newer kernels. The boot partition must lie in the
Jdassen> first 1024 cylinders due to PC BIOS limitations."
>> Will "IDE" CD drives be supported (this was one area where I
>> had so much trouble with the other distributions, I have a new
>> DELL XMT, maybe too new)?
Jdassen> EIDE (ATAPI) CD-ROM drives are supported by the kernel,
Jdassen> so, most likely, yes.
I believe the kernel that comes with .93 is 1.2.1. Don't I need to
get a higher version to attempt to contact the cd-rom drive? How do I
find out how to do that? Should I know the answer to this question?
Thanks for your information.
