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From: kientzle@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Q: Non-SCSI CD-ROM drives w/ FreeBSD
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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 19:59:39 GMT
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In article <3aep2e$a3e@pdq.coe.montana.edu>,
Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> wrote:
>In article <kientzleCzC0J3.5ox@netcom.com>,  <kientzle@netcom.com> wrote:
>>Do the NEC IDE CD-ROM drives work with FreeBSD?
>No.  All of the non-SCSI CD-ROM's use their own 'proprietary' protocols
>to do the CD controls (even the IDE ones).

>> Or, should I save pennies for six months so I can get a SCSI CD-ROM?
>Yes.

So downloading floppies by modem and building FreeBSD via that route
is less painful than putting up with a slow CD-ROM drive?

				- Tim Kientzle