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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!kientzle From: kientzle@netcom.com Subject: Re: Q: Non-SCSI CD-ROM drives w/ FreeBSD Message-ID: <kientzleCzFGvF.2Dw@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <kientzleCzC0J3.5ox@netcom.com> <3aep2e$a3e@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 19:59:39 GMT Lines: 15 In article <3aep2e$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