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.
