I got my first PC in August 1994 and it had a Mitsumi 2X ATAPI CD-ROM. Everything I read said that Linux didn't support them yet. The drive worked fine in DOS/Win 3.1 which is what the computer shipped with.
I downloaded Slackware 2.1 on floppy disks and installed from that. By the next Slackware release my ATAPI CD-ROM was supported and I mail ordered a CD and everything worked fine.
I downloaded Slackware 2.1 on floppy disks and installed from that. By the next Slackware release my ATAPI CD-ROM was supported and I mail ordered a CD and everything worked fine.