Something that might work is to make a 20 MB FAT patition and install MS Dos and then the DOS drivers for the SB16 soundcard w/Panasonic CD drivers...and try the DOS boot (might need to d/l the newest "autoboot.bat" image from Mandrake) feature on the Linux CD. HTH Jaguar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, my name is Brian Preston. I recently got a free install CD of the > Linux-Mandrake 7.0 version of Linux. I'm running this on a 486/66 and > have a proprietary Sound Blaster/Panasonic CDROM. After careful > research, I have found two sources on the internet claiming that Linux > supports such a beast. This particular model is an IBM Multimedia Modem > Plus with a Panasonic 2x CDROM drive model number 563, <--I think, and am > pretty sure. Bottom line, the DOS driver says it's for the 56* series. > And the drive does work. I am trying to install Mandrake as I was > saying, but can't get the TEXT ONLY, VGA 16 installer to see the CDROM. > When I choose the SoundBlaster/ Panasonic, I am given the choice, > autoprobe <--which doesn't work, it "can't find that device anywhere on > the system", or specify options. I am then prompted with a sbpcd= > command prompt with the words, IO, IRQ, and Name, I think... The IO and > IRQ I'm positive about... But it basically is asking, where is it? I > know, through the process of using the DOS setup software for the card, > that the CDROM is on IO base port 0x310, but don't know of the IRQ > number. How do I tell Linux to search the 0x310 port? I need the exact > syntax, because I'm terrible in Linux, as of yet, which is my reason for > installing it. > > Also, as a second inquiry. I also have an old 386 notebook, that is > networked through the parallel port using a D-Link 620 adapter, (Which is > also supported under linux) anyway, it does not have a CDROM, and would > use the desktop's to install, anyway, I would you the network.img, right? > But still, when I boot the machine, the kernel is compiled for a 486 > with a math coprocessor, how can I recompile the kernel to run on such a > machine, the catch being, in DOS or Windows 3.1, or would I have to wait > until I got the desktop running, then build a boot disk with the > recompiled kernel, then boot and install that way? > > Any help with my long questions, would be absolutely appreciated, and > keep up the excellent work, giving us an alternative... to WINBLOWS... > > Brian, (dmaul683) > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. The Dogma chased the Stigma, and was hit by the Karma. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
