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From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM install
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Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 00:33:54 GMT
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[0]Greg Hayes (Greg@hayford.demon.co.uk) wrote:
[0]Does Free BSD have the ability to install from Sound Blaster 16/
[0]Panasonic type CD-ROM device[?]. ...
[0]... Does 
[0]Walnut Creek CD work with SB16 CD-ROM for instance[?].
[0] -- 
[0]Greg Hayes

FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later will support the Panasonic/Matsushita CR-562 and
CR-563 (aka omniCD) CD-ROM drives connected via genuine Sound Blaster cards
or identical clones cards.  The drive must connect to the 
"Creative/Panasonic" connector on the sound card.   
The CR562/563 are not IDE CD-ROM drives.

The current version of FreeBSD (2.0.0) on CD-ROM does not include support
for this drive.   2.0.5 is in the final stages of release right now and
should be available in the next several weeks.


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