MSGID: 1:379/45 0b0119f2
 REPLY: 1:379/45 ef66ca80
 TZUTC: -0500
 CHARSET: PC-8
From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Randall Parker"

wrote in message news:4592f280{at}w3.nls.net...
>I want to replace a CD drive in one Linux box with a DVD drive. Do I just
>power down, unplug the CD drive from the EIDE cable (I assume that's the
>cable type), plug in the DVD drive with the same cable connector, and power
>up again with a working DVD drive?
>
> Or does one need to do more than that?

Hardware wise that's all you have to do. Just make sure your drive select
jumpers on the DVD  are the same as the drive you replaced ( Master, Slave or
Cable Select )

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5