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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!solaris.cc.vt.edu!dlacroix From: dlacroix@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (David La Croix) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Sony CD-ROM Support Hoax? Date: 18 Oct 1995 04:05:58 GMT Organization: ACM Student Machine Lines: 49 Message-ID: <461uf6$aam@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <kalinashDGBJr5.57q@netcom.com> <45ibg4$6hd@times.tfs.com> <kalinashDGCAM4.BHp@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: dlacroix X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Steve Spiller (kalinash@netcom.com) wrote: : Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote: : : In article <kalinashDGBJr5.57q@netcom.com>, : : Steve Spiller <kalinash@netcom.com> wrote: : : >*sigh* : : >The hardware guild lists under CD-ROM's "Sony CD-ROM". I have a Sony CDU-535. : : [..] : : >use this drive? Will it work with 2.1? Will that be here soon? : : I'm afraid the driver doesn't say which models it was tested on.. : : the problem is that the proprietary interfaced devices (e.g. the sony) : : can change drastically between versions.. : : SONY has no qualms about changing the interface without notice, : : I mean, who runs without the BIOS or DOS drivers? : : did Linux work on that drive? : : if so then I gues we need to find out what changed.. (sigh) : : | __--_|\ Julian Elischer | \ U \/ / On assignment : : | / \ julian@tfs.com +------>x USA \ in a very strange : : | ( OZ ) 300 lakeside Dr. oakland CA. \___ ___ | country ! : : +- X_.---._/ USA+(510) 645-3137(wk) \_/ \\ : : v : Yes, it works just fine under Linux. In ther kernel config is the option : specifically for the CDU-535. Just recompile and bam!, you have CD-ROM. : Of course, I could just buy a CD-ROM that isn't as out dated as vacuum tubes :) I used to have that SONY CD-ROM drive, it is not the same as the SONY driver that's in the kernel... Unfortunately... Under LINUX, even though there was a SONY driver in there, I had to patch in a Sony 535 driver I got off the net up until 1.1.91 (or some such number)... I've since ditched the old CD-ROM drive in favor of looking forward to someday getting a better one... You can still install from that CD-ROM, it just involves copying the files you need to your DOS filesystem, (under DOS of course) and doing an install from DOS filesystem, or even copying it all to floppies and doing install from floppies (I know someone with an unsupported CD-ROM drive who did this) Another possibility would be to borrow a better CD-ROM drive long enough to install everything... :) -- dlacroix@acm.vt.edu dlacroix@vt.edu