Question: Which driver for a KXL-810 external scsi cdrom? 

Forum: PCMCIA Installation and Configuration Issues
Date: 2000, Aug 26
From: Tom Halladay Xeviousceo

I'm trying to install linux on a Z-Note Flex laptop as the only operating system, I'm using a panasonic KXL-810A cdrom, what driver am i supposed to specify as the scsi adapter in the scsi configuration? or am i doing it wrong altogether?

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Not sure if this installation method is supported Re: Question: Which driver for a KXL-810 external scsi cdrom? (Tom Halladay) Date: 2000, Aug 28 From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

The installation method depends on what version of Linux you are using. Some Linux distributions do not support installation from PCMCIA devices at all; others only support PCMCIA network installs. I think, for Red Hat, if you are prompted for a driver name, then the PCMCIA device probe has already failed, and you are stuck. (PCMCIA devices are always autodetected, and the correct driver is loaded for you: you generally never explicitly specify that a particular driver should be loaded) -- Dave

Tried Mandrake and Redhat Re: Not sure if this installation method is supported (David Hinds) Date: 2000, Aug 28 From: Tom Halladay Xeviousceo

I've tried Mandrake and Redhat, Mandrake always asks which cdrom i want to use, and which scsi adapter. But when i Redhat and use Rawwrite to boot the pcmcia.img, it starts up, asks for driver disk, tells me it doesn't have any special device drivers loaded for my system, and if i would like to load additional ones now.(at this point, my external cdrom is actually being read) If i click Done, I get the blue "welcome to red hat linux, but there are no longer any windows or choices, (more cdrom reading) and eventually the cdrom dies, and i get a flashing prompt at the bottom of the screen. This is as far as i get, as it stays this way indefinately

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