On Sun, 07 Nov 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote:
>Richard, Steven --
>
>The problems you are having result from looking at different documentation,
>and the documentation here is simply inconsistent. The (undated, alas, but
>with a May 20, 1998 filestamp) file Steven refers to at
>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd says the CD200 is not supported by
>Release 4.2 if the module (the document says it applies to "4.2 or newer",
>but since it is undated, we cannot know if it was updated to reflect later
>changes -- the current version is 4.61 in my Debian 2.1 kernel tree (kernel
>2.0.36)). The comments at the start of the source listing do list the CD200
>(not the CD200F) as supported.
Hello all concerned.
Ray, you are correct in saying that, it seems to be one rather large
area which always seems to come last when updates are concerned.
All i can do now is repeat myself, i know of a person who used a
CD200 on a linux machine, if i could get hold of him i would ask, but
he has been off line for ages and he does not live around here.
Another reason for my reply here is because if i remember correctly
we have been here and done this before here on this list, in fact if
i remember correctly Ted Gervias, who is a member of this list had a
simaler problem once with his CD-Rom connected thro' his soundcard.
I could indeed look for myself as i have an account on his machine as
i help Ted along with other configuration things when i get time, of
which i cant allocate much of to linux as i would like at the minute
as i am limited to 30 mins, sitting time due to revalidation after my
back operation 2 weeks ago.
>
>The (also undated, but with a copyright notice for 1995-1999, and with an
>October 22, 1999 filestamp) file Richard refers to at
>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help does say the CD200 is supported,
>but makes no mention of the CD200F.
>
>But ... the original poster was using Slackware 96, which would presumably
>use an old version of the sbpcd module (something I can't check without
>actually doing a kernel source install from that CD). On it, the file
>/DOCS/Cdrom-ho lists the CD200 (not the CD200F) as supported by the sbpcd
>module. Unfortunately, the usually helpful /bootdsks.144/which.one file is
>not specific about this, beyond saying that cbpcd.i and sbpcd.s support
>Sound Blaster non-IDE CDROM drives.
>
>Having said all of that, I note that the original question wasn't about a
>CD200 or CD200F at all, but about a "Panasonic 2X CDROM drive". Slackware 96
>claims (in which.one) that sbpcd.i supports "Panasonic ... non-IDE CD-ROM".
>Do you *know* that the drive in question is non-IDE? The file
>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd notes that many drives connected to
>SB cards *are* IDE drives and should be accessed with the ide module (hence,
>in Slackware terms, with the bare.i bootdisk).
Well i dont want to start discussing things which i personal have
not done, once again the person i knew used the sbpcd driver, or at
least i am 99% sure, as he was always swearing at it's short cummings.
>
>At 07:21 AM 11/8/99 +0000, Steven wrote:
>>Richard Adams wrote:
>>>
>>> Either you have such an old system or you have
>>> missinterpreted the document which you read, if one
>>> looks at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help
>>> one will see that a CD200 IS supported.
>>
>>This is not correct. The CD200F is supported.
>>The CD200 is not. You will find the details of
>>this in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd
>>
>>> i have a friend who once had such a machine and a
>>> CD200 via his soundblaster card, he used to install
>>> via his cdrom so it does work,
>>
>>Perhaps he had a CD200F ?
>>
>>> Simply saying there is no support is not right,
>>
>>Well, drive detection and audio work for the CD200,
>>so I suppose this is some support. But, data transfer
>>is not supported (and this is what really matters).
>
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