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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!agate!nickkral From: nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Nick Kralevich) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD Date: 20 Sep 1995 08:25:02 GMT Organization: Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department, University of California at Berkeley Lines: 20 Message-ID: <43oj4v$d42@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <409iah$inf@galaxy.ucr.edu> <43dm5r$638@park.uvsc.edu> <43hqa7$3rk@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <43kuke$mv@jraynard.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: parker.eecs.berkeley.edu In article <43kuke$mv@jraynard.demon.co.uk>, James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> wrote: >A good point, though I notice there seem to be a few problems with Linux's >handling of IDE CDROMs. (BTW is it supported on any non-experimental kernels?) I've heard that Linux's support for IDE CD-ROMs is one of the best around. Because the drivers are so well tested by the so many people, they are very stable. I haven't had any problems with my IDE CD-ROM. Perhaps you could elaborate on the "few problems" that you think Linux has with IDE CDROMs... And yes, IDE CD-ROMs have been supported since about 1.1.60. (8 or so months). They are definitely part of the stable kernel release (1.2.*). Take care, -- Nick Kralevich nickkral@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu