[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've read through the CDROM howto, burt there's no mention of a problem
> like I had recently.
>
> A friend and I put together a PC for a friend of ours, from spare
> parts - *except* for the CDROM, which is a new 48x unit. It's a 1996
...snip....
>
> Weird problem with the CDROM, but *only* under Linux. (Under Win95 it
> works fine and reliably.) Under Linux (RH 7.0) it sometimes can't see
> the drive at all - the complaint mentions something like cdrom_irq.
..snip...
> The CDROM is a new no-name ATAPI drive - I bought it specially for the
> machine. Plus it works fine under Windows. :-(
I have had problems with various no-name CDroms being recognised by
Linux over the years, particularly with older HW (486 & Pentium mobo's).
so you are not mad. The only solution I've found is to try another
brand.
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