Determining your system configuration for ATAPI (EIDE CD-ROM)

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Chapter 1, Read this before installation

If you are uncertain of the hardware configuration of your system, but you know that the primary hard disk is attached to an IDE controller, the following information will allow you to determine the most likely configuration. This information is displayed at boot time.

Entries for the ATAPI CD-ROM will take one of the following forms, as indicated by the presence of the string type=IDE:

   %cd-rom   -   -  -  type=IDE  ctlr=pri  cfg=mst  drv=Srom->wd

Here, pri indicates that the ATAPI CD-ROM drive is attached to the Primary IDE controller.

   %cd-rom   -   -  -  type=IDE  ctlr=sec  cfg=mst  drv=Srom->wd

Here, sec indicates that the ATAPI CD-ROM drive is attached to the Secondary IDE controller.

If you are in doubt as to your system configuration, check the documentation that was supplied with your hardware.