CD-ROM Module Parameters
Please Note Not all of the cards that are listed are supported. Please check the
hardware compatibility list on Red Hat's World Wide Web site at http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware
to make sure your card is supported.
One of the more commonly used parameters, the
hdX=cdrom parameter, can be
entered at the boot prompt, as it deals with support for IDE/ATAPI
CD-ROMs, which is part of the kernel.
In the tables below, most modules without any parameters listed are
either able to auto-probe to find the hardware, or require you to
manually change settings in the module source code, and recompile.
Table A-1. Hardware Parameters
Hardware Module Parameters ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM Drives hdX=cdrom Aztech CD268-01A, Orchid CD-3110,
Okano/Wearnes CDD110,
Conrad TXC, CyCDROM CR520,
CyCDROM CR540 (non-IDE) aztcd.o aztcd=io_port Sony CDU 31A or 33A CD-ROM cdu31a.o cdu31a=io_port,IRQ[,PAS]
cdu31a_port=base_addr
cdu31a_irq=irq Philips/LMS CDROM drive 206
with cm260 host adapter card cm206.o cm206=io_port,IRQ Goldstar R420 CD-ROM gscd.o gscd=io_port ISP16, MAD16, or Mozart sound card
CD-ROM interface (OPTi 82C928 and
OPTi 82C929) with Sanyo/Panasonic,
Sony, or Mitsumi drives isp16.o isp16=io_port, IRQ, dma,drive_type
isp16_cdrom_base=io_port
isp16_cdrom_irq=IRQ
isp16_cdrom_dma=dma
isp16_cdrom_type=drive_type Mitsumi CD-ROM, Standard mcd.o mcd=io_port,IRQ Mitsumi CD-ROM, Experimental mcdx.o mcdx=io_port_1, IRQ_1, io_port_n, IRQ_n Optics storage 8000 AT CD-ROM
"Dolphin" drive; Lasermate CR328A optcd.o optcd=io_port SB Pro 16 compatible sbpcd.o sbpcd=io_port,sb_pro_Setting Sanyo CDR-H94A sjcd.o sjcd=io_port
sjcd_base=io_port Sony CDU-535 & 531
(some Procomm drives) sonycd535.o sonycd535=io_port
Here are some examples of these modules in use:
Table A-2. Hardware Parameters Configuration Examples
Configuration Example ATAPI CD-ROM, jumpered as master on
2nd IDE channel hdc=cdrom non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM on port 340, IRQ 11 mcd=0x340,11 Three non-IDE Mitsumi CD-ROM drives using the
experimental driver, io ports 300, 304, and 320 with
IRQs 5, 10 and 11 mcdx=0x300,5,0x304,10,0x320,11 Sony CDU 31 or 33 at port 340, no IRQ cdu31=0x340,0
cdu31_port=0x340 cdu31a_irq=0 Aztech CD-ROM at port 220 aztcd=0x220 Panasonic-type CD-ROM on a SoundBlaster
interface at port 230 sbpcd=0x230,1 Phillips/LMS cm206 and cm260 at IO 340
and IRQ 11 cm206=0x340,11 Goldstar R420 at IO 300 gscd=0x300 Mitsumi drive on a MAD16 soundcard at IO Addr 330
and IRQ 1, probing DMA isp16=0x330,11,0,Mitsumi Sony CDU 531 at IO address 320 sonycd535=0x320
Please Note Most newer Sound Blaster cards come with IDE interfaces. For these
cards, you do not need to use sbpcd parameters,
only use hdx parameters.