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From: robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au (Robert Chalmers)
Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM
Organization: China House.
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 10:01:26 GMT
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A. Karl Heller (heller@socko.cdnow.com) wrote:
: Jack (jack@diamond.xtalwind.net) wrote:
: : Marc Priebee wrote:
: : > Philip Burden wrote:
: Strange... at home, my own 486 2.1.5 box would only recognize the CDROM on the
: primary IDE and only as a SLAVE.  On a P160 box at work, it would NOT
: at all recognize the CDROM using any configuration on any built in IDE port.

yup. Thats it. on the P120 box, only 2.2-snap/March works, and only on
the secondary controller. 
However, at work on a P100, cd on secondary, 2.1.5 installs fine.

I guess the disclaimer is right :-). atapi is still in beta.


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