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From: stuart@loddon.demon.co.uk (Stuart Broderick)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Re-writable CDROM support ?
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 20:01:46 GMT
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If there is CR support in the 2.2-current, which devices does the code
support ?  If the info is in the code, please give me a pointer.

TIA
Stuart.

j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:

>stuart@loddon.demon.co.uk (Stuart Broderick) wrote:

>> Can a Panasonic PD Rewritable CDROM be used with FreeBSD (and/or Linux
>> - if anyone knows)  for both writing CDROMs [...]

>Certainly not.  There's CD-R support in the 2.2-current system line
>(and also in 2.1.5, though not that useful as in -current), but i've
>never heard about the Panasonic device.  If you could get the specs,
>and are willing to add support for it, i'm willing to assist you in
>this process.

>-- 
>cheers, J"org

>joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
>Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)