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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!dfw.nkn.net!vortex.fastlane.net!rowdy.lonestar.org!nemesis!uhclem From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Subject: Re: Panasonic 52x CDROM support X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Organization: The Big Blue Box Message-ID: <DErqyu.389@nemesis.lonestar.org> References: <42nesh$m16@reason.cdrom.com> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 01:32:53 GMT Lines: 25 [0]geert@wit379402.student.utwente.nl (Geert Bosch) wrote: [0]When I got my FreeBSD CD this morning, I found out that FreeBSD doesn't [0]support the Panasonic 52x CD-ROM I have (it came with the SoundBlaster [0]'MultiMedia Kit'). [1]"Jordan K. Hubbard" (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: [1]But does it connect to the sound blaster, or what? Is this an IDE [1]CDROM drive? The 522/523 are not IDE drives. They use the proprietary Panasonic/Creative interface. The 522/523 drives are also incompatible with the driver 2.0.5 provides for the 562/563 drives. The 562/563 no-caddy/double-speed drives superceded the 522/523 caddy-based/single-speed model. When Matsushita came out with the 562/563 in 1993, they changed the command sets, so the two designs are not compatible. So, currently there is no support under FreeBSD for the 522/523 drives. Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Fastest Route)| demand... A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!" ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"A what?" ...decvax!fw.ast.com!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983