Name
BLK_DEV_IDECD — Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support
If you have a CD-ROM drive using the ATAPI protocol, say yes here. ATAPI is a newer protocol used by IDE CD-ROM and TAPE drives, similar to the SCSI protocol. Most new CD-ROM drives use ATAPI, including the NEC-260, Mitsumi FX400, Sony 55E, and just about all non-SCSI double(2X) or better speed drives.
If you say yes here, the CD-ROM drive will be identified at boot
time along with other IDE devices, as something such as hdb or hdc (check the boot messages using the
dmesg command). If this is your
only CD-ROM drive, you can say no to all other CD-ROM options, but be
sure to also enable the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file
system support option.
Note that older versions of LILO (LInux LOader) cannot properly deal with IDE/ATAPI CD-ROMs, so install LILO 16 or higher, available from http://lilo.go.dyndns.org.
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