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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453114901-08112004>I am trying to
install Ubuntu Linux on an older Pentium machine. I created a boot
floppy using SmartBootManager, and burned the Ubuntu CD-ROM
boot CD.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453114901-08112004>When I boot from the
floppy, the CD-ROM drive does not show up in the list of drives available to
boot from. So I did a bit of reading and discovered that the problem may
be non-standard I/O port addresses for my CD-ROM. I wasn't sure how to
find out what those addresses are, so I installed Windows 2000 (grrr) and ran
the System Information program, which reports al the I/O addresses as
follows:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=453114901-08112004>Address
Range Device Status<BR>0x0220-0x022F Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 or
compatible (WDM) OK<BR>0x0330-0x0331 Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 or
compatible (WDM) OK<BR>0x0388-0x038B Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 or
compatible (WDM) OK<BR>0x0200-0x0207 Standard Game
Port OK<BR>0x0022-0x003F PCI bus OK<BR>0x0044-0x0047 PCI
bus OK<BR>0x004C-0x006F PCI bus OK<BR>0x0072-0x007F PCI
bus OK<BR>0x0090-0x0091 PCI bus OK<BR>0x0093-0x009F PCI
bus OK<BR>0x00A2-0x00BF PCI bus OK<BR>0x00E0-0x00EF PCI
bus OK<BR>0x0100-0x0CF7 PCI bus OK<BR>0x0D00-0xFFFF PCI
bus OK<BR>0x0A79-0x0A79 ISAPNP Read Data
Port OK<BR>0x0279-0x0279 ISAPNP Read Data
Port OK<BR>0x02F4-0x02F7 ISAPNP Read Data
Port OK<BR>0xE800-0xE80F Intel(r) 82371FB PCI Bus Master IDE
Controller OK<BR>0x01F0-0x01F7 Primary IDE
Channel OK<BR>0x03F6-0x03F6 Primary IDE
Channel OK<BR>0x0170-0x0177 Secondary IDE
Channel OK<BR>0x0376-0x0376 Secondary IDE
Channel OK<BR>0x03B0-0x03BB ATI Technologies Inc. mach64 CX
PCI OK<BR>0x03C0-0x03DF ATI Technologies Inc. mach64 CX
PCI OK<BR>0x0020-0x0021 Programmable interrupt
controller OK<BR>0x00A0-0x00A1 Programmable interrupt
controller OK<BR>0x0040-0x0043 System
timer OK<BR>0x0000-0x000F Direct memory access
controller OK<BR>0x0080-0x0090 Direct memory access
controller OK<BR>0x0094-0x009F Direct memory access
controller OK<BR>0x00C0-0x00DE Direct memory access
controller OK<BR>0x0060-0x0060 PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard
(101/102-Key) OK<BR>0x0064-0x0064 PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard
(101/102-Key) OK<BR>0x0378-0x037A Printer Port
(LPT1) OK<BR>0x03F8-0x03FF Communications Port
(COM1) OK<BR>0x02F8-0x02FF Communications Port
(COM2) OK<BR>0x03E8-0x03EE Communications Port
(COM3) OK<BR>0x03F2-0x03F5 Standard floppy disk
controller OK<BR>0x03F7-0x03F7 Standard floppy disk
controller OK<BR>0x0061-0x0061 System
speaker OK<BR>0x0070-0x0071 System CMOS/real time
clock OK<BR>0x00F0-0x00F0 Numeric data
processor OK<BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=453114901-08112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am fairly certain
that the CD-ROM is on the Secondary IDE channel, so I specified 170,177 as the
I/O port addresses for the CD-ROM in SmartBootManager, saved the settings and
then rebooted... still does not recognize the CD-ROM.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=453114901-08112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>One question is what
exactly are the two addresses that are supposed to be entered in the CD-ROM I/O
port settings? Assuming the CD-ROM is on the Secondary IDE channel above,
are 170, 177 the right numbers to enter?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=453114901-08112004><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any help would be
greatly appreciated. I am a Linux neophyte, and Ubuntu seems really
cool. Would like to make it work on my old Pentium.
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