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From: micke@dynas.se (Mikael Hybsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sony CDU-33A, NOT FOUND ! WHY ???
Date: 9 Mar 1995 10:18:29 +0100
Organization: Dynasoft AB
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In <3jgvvc$5ct@ousrvr.oulu.fi> so-ecs@stekt.oulu.fi (J. Tapani Ruotsalainen) writes:

>During boot, FreeBSD won't recognise my CD, which is a Sony CDU-33A.
Support for CDU33A was added after the release of FreeBSD 2.0.
You can find the driver in the FreeBSD-current source.

>According to docs FreeBSD work only on SCSI and Mitsumi CDs.

>So I figured, my CD isn't SCSI, it uses its' own controller card, 
>it is configured to use I/O port at 0x340 ( which is
>used by Mitsumi drives, too ).

>What is the difference between my CD and Mitsumi's drive ?
They are not compatible and require different device drivers.

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