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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!news.duke.edu!eff!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5.umd.edu!umsa7.umd.edu!leonard From: leonard@umsa7.umd.edu (Leonard Nisenoff) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Cheap CDROM drives for FreeBSD-1.1 ??? Date: 2 Aug 1994 15:48:29 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 21 Message-ID: <31lpsd$7in@umd5.umd.edu> References: <31j3fv$ncf$1@perth.dialix.oz.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: umsa7.umd.edu Keywords: CDROM cheap datacrft@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Datacraft Technology) writes: >Which cheap CDROM drives work on FreeBSD ? I'm using an Adaptec 1542B for >my harddrives, so I could use SCSI drives. SCSI drives seem generaly very >expensive. >I also heared reports of varying success with Mitsumi drives. Any definitive >answers ? >Please respond with accurate model name and manufacturer and if possible >also price. >Regards >Tibor Sashegyi I installed FreeBSD 1.1 using the Mitsumi CD-ROM (LU005) without a single problem. --Leonard (leonard@umsa7.umd.edu)