> > On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Shawn Asmussen wrote: > > > > > I've got a chinnon IDE cdrom, and I have to put hdc=cdrom in as > > > a parameter at boot time to make it recognize my drive. However, it > > > recognizes it as /dev/hdd, not hdc. The drive is the first (Only) device > > > on the secondary ide controller, and I must specify hdc=cdrom for it to > > > work. If I say hdd=cdrom it won't find it. It's not a major concern right > > > now, but if I ever add a third hard drive, I can see potential conflict > > > problems... Anybody know if I'm doing something wrong? > >
I'm running 3 WD EIDE drives and an EIDE CD-ROM with no problem - my CD is the second drive on the secondary controller. I haven't needed to specify any boot parameters. Let me know if you want more info on how it's jumpered etc (haven't had the box open in a while) Alastair
