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From: Marc Priebee <Marc.Priebee@nz.eds.com>
Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM
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Philip Burden wrote:
> 
> In message <Dz5Cr3.6p5.G.nanguo@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
>         robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au (Robert Chalmers) writes:
> 
> > It seems that the only release that will drive the ATAPI
> > type CD-ROMs is the 2.2 SNAPSHOT releases. I haven't found
> > ANY other release that does.
> 
> 2.1 certainly did, at least for me ;-)
> 
> P.

Yes 2.1 supports ATAPI for me too. You cannot however install off a
ATAPI CD which is on the seconary IDE port. It Must be on the primary
port.

Marc
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