ATAPI CDROM recognized with boot disk but not recognized when installing linux

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    Default ATAPI CDROM recognized with boot disk but not recognized when installing linux

    I have decided to take the plunge and install linux on one of my old windows
    machines. I have successfully partitioned the hard drive for exclusive use
    of linux. I have an ATAPI CDROM and have created a boot disk using bare.zg
    which recognizes the CDROM when booting (it assigns it the device ID of
    'hdb'). After the root disk loads I run the setup program and designate the
    source disk to CDROM and have it scan to find the drive but it fails.

    Any Ideas?


    Patrick Guest

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    Default Re: ATAPI CDROM recognized with boot disk but not recognized when installing linux

    I resolved the problem by downloading SLACKWARE v9.

    "Patrick" <psrmc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:d%98b.1492$ev2.929311@newssrv26.news.prodigy. com...
    > I have decided to take the plunge and install linux on one of my old
    windows
    > machines. I have successfully partitioned the hard drive for exclusive
    use
    > of linux. I have an ATAPI CDROM and have created a boot disk using
    bare.zg
    > which recognizes the CDROM when booting (it assigns it the device ID of
    > 'hdb'). After the root disk loads I run the setup program and designate
    the
    > source disk to CDROM and have it scan to find the drive but it fails.
    >
    > Any Ideas?
    >
    >

    Patrick Guest

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