Cannot install kernel module sbpcd with reveal CD drice

[David Welton]

Please excuse me if I am wrong in my assumption that this is the correct
place to ask a question such as the following...

I am really in a bind here.  After an agonizing week of waiting, my new
debian CD showed up and I got to work installing.  Everything went
smoothly untill I went to install the kernel modules.  I have a 'reveal'
cd rom drive (possibly made by panasonic), that connects to the SC400
Reveal 4R sound card.  

I tried to install the sbpcd module for the kernel during the install, 
but after taking 5 minutes or so to test a variety of addresses and names 
(SoundBlaster, Lasersomethingorother, etc), it said that the installation 
failed.  It seemed to get something at 0x230 SoundBlaster (the busy light 
on the drive went on) but after spending a bit of time there, it just 
continues.

I took those parameters and tried to feed them in manually doing:
append sbpcd=0x230,SoundBlaster
but it doesnt do anything.  I read the CDROM howto, and that was the only 
advice I could glean from it.

As you may have gathered, I am really at a loss here, and would be most 
grateful for any help offered.

Ciao,

David Welton   
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Re: Cannot install kernel module sbpcd with reveal CD drice

[Jim Pick]

 Please excuse me if I am wrong in my assumption that this is the correct
 place to ask a question such as the following...
 
 I am really in a bind here.  After an agonizing week of waiting, my new
 debian CD showed up and I got to work installing.  Everything went
 smoothly untill I went to install the kernel modules.  I have a 'reveal'
 cd rom drive (possibly made by panasonic), that connects to the SC400
 Reveal 4R sound card.  
 

I've got a Reveal 4R sound card and CD in my old 386 running Linux.  The
CD that comes with the package (in my case) is actually a Goldstar R420.
Recompile your kernel to see if that driver works.

Does your config.sys for DOS say:

DEVICE=C:\DRIVERS\SC400\GCDR420.SYS /D:MSCD001 /V/C /M:P /B:340

If it does, then you definitely have a Goldstar.  Fortunately, it's
supported by Linux.

I haven't attempted trying to get the sound card portion of the package
working - so I don't know how to do that.

Cheers,

 - Jim

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