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Re: [LUG] Replacing a CD drive with a DVD drive



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psutton wrote:
> I have both in mine,  cdrw and dvd, if you are thinking of configuring
like
> in windows you don't seem to need to.  Not tried it yet installed
koncd and
> cdrecord, etc, and it knows they are both there, it also sees a ATAPI
cdrom
> dvive which I guess is part of the dvd,  anyway need to check if cd coping
> works
>
> Paul

Generally, if it appears correctly in the BIOS, Linux can use it. Check
your start-up screen - most BIOS' will display the number and type of
hard drives found and the number and type of other internal devices like
CD's too. If it doesn't show, it probably won't work. If it does show,
Linux will work it. That's where the jumper settings and master/slave
configuration is important - if you confuse the BIOS, Linux won't be
able to find some of the drives.



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