| From: | Wolfgang Krause |
| Date: | 2 Aug 2000 at 18:27:07 |
| Subject: | Re: IDE CD-ROM |
Hello, Colin!
On 02-Aug-00 Colin Wenzel wrote:
> On 02-Aug-00, Isreal AvasCea wrote:
>> I am having trouble accessing an IDE Atapi CD-ROM from OS 3.1. I
>> tried a couple of installers. I have a 3.5 cd-rom, but cannot access
>> my cd-rom to install it. I tried copying the cd-rom files from the
>> 3.1 section on the cd to a ms-dos floppy and installing it that way,
>> but no success. HDtoolBox doesn't even seem to know it's there.
>> Isreal
>
> It's not going to work, because 3.1 doesn't handle the ATAPI commands.
>
> The only way I know of is to use the LoadV43Module patches that were
> on amiga.de , but I don't think they are there anymore....
> (I think IDEfix also worked but I don't know how well, I never used it.)
>
> I have the LoadV43Modules archived here, but considering this is a 3.5
> list, AND also considering all the extended ATAPI commands are installed
> in the new SetPatch command, you would be better off just using 3.5, it
> will work fine then....
As he wrote he'd like to do so but can't access his CD-ROM drive for
installing it :(
Regards,
Amiga 1200, AmigaOS 3.5, BlizzardPPC 603e+ 240 MHz/68040 40 MHz, BVision, 96 MB FastRAM