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- Lines: 97
- Date:
Sun May 19 15:16:34 1996
- Orig file:
pre2.0.5/linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd
- Orig date:
Sun May 12 22:54:22 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file pre2.0.5/linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
IDE-CD driver documentation
-10 May 1996
+19 May 1996
scott snyder <snyder@fnald0.fnal.gov>
1. Introduction
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
---------------
0. The ide-cd relies on the ide disk driver. See
- drivers/block/README.ide for up-to-date information on the ide
+ Documentation/ide.txt for up-to-date information on the ide
driver.
1. Make sure that the ide and ide-cd drivers are compiled into the
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
Depending on what type of IDE interface you have, you may need to
specify additional configuration options. See
- drivers/block/README.ide.
+ Documentation/ide.txt.
2. You should also ensure that the iso9660 filesystem is either
compiled into the kernel or available as a loadable module. You
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
on the primary IDE interface are called `hda' and `hdb',
respectively. The drives on the secondary interface are called
`hdc' and `hdd'. (Interfaces at other locations get other letters
- in the third position; see drivers/block/README.ide.)
+ in the third position; see Documentation/ide.txt.)
If you want your cdrom drive to be found automatically by the
driver, you should make sure your IDE interface uses either the
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
be jumpered as `master'. (If for some reason you cannot configure
your system in this manner, you can probably still use the driver.
You may have to pass extra configuration information to the kernel
- when you boot, however. See drivers/block/README.ide for more
+ when you boot, however. See Documentation/ide.txt for more
information.)
4. Boot the system. If the drive is recognized, you should see a
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
This section discusses some common problems encountered when trying to
use the driver, and some possible solutions. Note that if you are
experiencing problems, you should probably also review
-drivers/block/README.ide for current information about the underlying
+Documentation/ide.txt for current information about the underlying
IDE support code. Some of these items apply only to earlier versions
of the driver, but are mentioned here for completeness.
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
a. Drive is not detected during booting.
- Review the configuration instructions above and in
- drivers/block/README.ide, and check how your hardware is
+ Documentation/ide.txt, and check how your hardware is
configured.
- If your drive is the only device on an IDE interface, it should
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
- If your IDE interface is not at the standard addresses of 0x170
or 0x1f0, you'll need to explicitly inform the driver using a
- lilo option. See drivers/block/README.ide. (This feature was
+ lilo option. See Documentation/ide.txt. (This feature was
added around kernel version 1.3.30.)
- If the autoprobing is not finding your drive, you can tell the
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
Support for some interfaces needing extra initialization is
provided in later 1.3.x kernels. You may need to turn on
additional kernel configuration options to get them to work;
- see drivers/block/README.ide.
+ see Documentation/ide.txt.
Even if support is not available for your interface, you may be
able to get it to work with the following procedure. First boot
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
be worked around by specifying the `serialize' option when
booting. Recent kernels should be able to detect the need for
this automatically in most cases, but the detection is not
- foolproof. See drivers/block/README.ide for more information
+ foolproof. See Documentation/ide.txt for more information
about the `serialize' option and the CMD640B.
- Note that many MS-DOS cdrom drivers will work with such buggy
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
Some early Slackware releases had these defined incorrectly. If
these are wrong, you can remake them by running the script
- drivers/block/MAKEDEV.ide. (You may have to make it executable
+ scripts/MAKEDEV.ide. (You may have to make it executable
with chmod first.)
If you have a /dev/cdrom symbolic link, check that it is pointing
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