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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!michaelv From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Question re CD-ROM drives Date: 17 Aug 1994 23:34:01 GMT Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Playing with your mind Lines: 20 Message-ID: <MICHAELV.94Aug17183417@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> References: <17AUG94.18798806.0062@VM.MPG.MCGILL.CA> NNTP-Posting-Host: stingray.cc.iastate.edu In-reply-to: Glen Matthews's message of Wed, 17 Aug 1994 22:24:22 GMT In article <17AUG94.18798806.0062@VM.MPG.MCGILL.CA> Glen Matthews <CCGM000@MUSICM.MCGILL.CA> writes: I've just acquired the Walnut Creek CD-ROM for FreeBSD, and am a little disappointed that the Soundblaster CD-ROM config is not supported in FreeBSD. I've seen the comments to the effect that "you get what you pay for", etc., and that SCSI is the way to go even if more expensive. However, I'm wondering if there is a better rationale for not supporting the SB CD-ROM drives. (I certainly am not going out to pickup a SCSI cd-rom drive, particularly when I already have an SB drive.) From what I've heard, there is a driver that works just fine with these things in NetBSD-1.0 (Beta). -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc. Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532 In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -