Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. install does not have my CD-ROM
I'm sorry, but *you* didn't get this... The sbpcd driver is a *module*, which means that you don't need to use a kernel with sbpcd in it, you just have to load the module with linuxrc (it even has a autoload or autodetect or something, which loads _all_ the modules with autodetection - a great feature for newbies!) ! The manual certainly is the very best I've ever seen about distributions !!!! It has a solution for every problem... but I guess you have no idea what a module is... :-( Pascal /nick SuSE52 on #linux (IRCnet) root on www.student.prov-liege.be -----Original Message----- From: Ezekiel J. Krahlin <ezekielk@sj.bigger.net> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: mercredi 20 mai 1998 09:31 Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] S.u.S.E. install does not have my CD-ROM
At 01:22 AM 5/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
What happened to my "sbpcd" option I expected? Of course, when I select any EIDE option, Linux says it can't find my CD-ROM.
With all cdrom/network cards/tape install, you must do a autodetect
before you install ... soundblaster eide is a module... you can go straigt to it and enter the address and irq, etc... but SuSE should be able to get it with no problem... > It's one of the great benifits to SuSE over RH and CALDERA...
Perhaps you are not familiar with the installation process of SuSE 5.2. I start the installation by running setup.exe from the CD. Early on, I get to the menu of selecting a CD-ROM drive type. A list of types appears, from which I must select. As I already stated, there are three EIDE options, and a whole slew of SCSI choices...but no "sbpcd" or other non- EIDE/SCSI option. There is no "autodetect" option, either.
If this is a "benefit" of SuSE over Red Hat, I am frightened to think of what further "benefits" I'll encounter!
You are probably thinking of RedHat 5.0's installation process, which is somewhat different from this version of SuSE...and which does include "autodetect" in the list of CD-ROM types. My impression is that whoever designed the SuSE installation, made a boo-boo, and left out some of the basic CD-ROM options.
When the CD-ROM list is displayed, on the screen is also the statement:
If you need more information take a look at '\suse\images\readme.dos' on the first CD.
So after exiting, I did just that. The doc was brief, and was merely the same list that was displayed on screen. In fact, here it is:
---begin readme.dos
A short description of the kernels/bootdisks:
All kernels are modularized. This means that almost all drivers are loaded as kernel modules. As there are some drivers which cause trouble when used as module, there are additional kernels which contain the corresponding driver compiled in.
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eide01: Standard kernel. Should run on any hardware. If you are unsure, please try this disk first!
eide02: Like eide01, but support for special EIDE chipsets. eide03: Kernel without support for accessing the PCI-BIOS. Use only if you have problems with other kernels! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
modules - -
The following kernels contain the mentioned SCSI driver compiled in:
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scsi01: aic7xxx (Adaptec 274x/284x/294x) scsi02: BusLogic (all models) scsi03: NCR 53C(78)xx scsi04: NCR 53C8XX (BSD-driver) scsi05: Adaptec 1542 scsi06: Adaptec 1740 scsi07: Adaptec 1505/151x/152x/2825 scsi08: EATA (E)ISA (PM2011/021/012 etc) scsi09: EATA EATA-DMA (DPT, NEC, AT&T, SNI etc.) scsi10: AM53C974 scsi11: Future Domain 16xx scsi12: AdvanSys scsi13: DTC 3180/3280 scsi14: EATA-PIO (old DPT PM2001, PM2012A) scsi15: Always IN 2000 scsi16: Pro Audio Spectrum SCSI scsi17: IOMEGA Parallel Port ZIP drive scsi18: Qlogic FAS scsi19: Qlogic ISP scsi20: Seagate ST-02/Fut. Domain TMC-8xx scsi21: Trantor T128/T128F/T228 scsi22: UltraStor 14F/34F scsi23: UltraStor (alternative driver) scsi24: Western Digital 7000 FASST scsi25: GDT SCSI Disk Array (ICP Vortex) scsi26: NCR53c406a scsi27: Generic NCR5380/53c400 scsi28: Tekram DC-390(T)
---end readme.dos
I have also gone to their help site at www.suse.com...not a darn thing to help me with this problem. Nothing in their 400+ page manual either. I have also posted my problem to them...after of course wading through a sea of type appealing me to make sure I have first left no stone unturned--and combed through my manual, their faq pages, and a plethora of other docs--before posting my question. I am, of course, waiting on their response.
If there is some other way to interface the CD-ROM as a prelude to setup, it is beyond the ability of the S.u.S.E. manual, or their "help" site, to reveal such information.
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