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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!VM.MPG.MCGILL.CA From: Glen Matthews <CCGM000@MUSICM.MCGILL.CA> Subject: Question re CD-ROM drives Message-ID: <17AUG94.18798806.0062@VM.MPG.MCGILL.CA> Lines: 19 Sender: usenet@MUSICM.MCGILL.CA Organization: McGill University Systems Inc (MUSIC/SP) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 22:24:22 GMT Hi all, 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.) Hey, this is just a question, I'm curious - I've looked through a few of the faqs and readmes and didn't really see any discussion of this issue (if it is an issue!). Glen Matthews MUSIC Product Group, McGill University 550 Sherbrooke St. West Suite 1650, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3C5 Phone: (514) 398-4477 Fax: (514) 398-4488 BitNet: CCGM@MCGILLM Internet: ccgm@musicm.mcgill.ca Anonymous FTP: vm.mpg.mcgill.ca