[oclug] Toshiba xm5303B - help

[bartom]

----- Original Message -----
From: Raymond Wood <raywood at magma.ca>
To: <oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [oclug] Toshiba xm5303B - help


> One thing to try is:
>   dmesg | grep -i cdrom
> This may give output indicating the device associated with your CD-ROM
e.g.
>   hdd: MATSHITA CR-583, ATAPI CDROM driv
>
> HTH,
> Raymond
>
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 05:30:12PM -0500, bartom wrote:
> > I am trying to install Mandrake 7.2 using a boot disk, all seems to go
OK
> > until it looks for the cd-rom drive. If I select ide-cd I get a message
> > - Autoprobe says it can not find the device anywhere-  .
> > There is no entry for Toshiba xm5303B in the list. Do I need a special
> > driver for this cd-rom. During the floppy boot process I think I see a
> > reference to the Toshiba but the screen flashes by so quickly I can not
be
> > sure.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Barry
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Thanks Raymond

I don't think I can do this, the boot from the floppy does not finish, I
therefore don't have an operating system to use.

regards

Barry