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From: stox@dcdkc.fnal.GOV (Ken Stox)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can I use a Philips CDi 2000 CD-ROM writer?
Date: 17 Oct 1996 19:11:09 GMT
Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL
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I can state that with a few minor changes to the kernel, 2.2-current
supports this drive just fine.

My first attempt produced a working CD!

Basically, the changes involve duplicating the settings for the HP-4020i
for the Philips.


In article <536g5u$ba@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
	j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> jmrueda@diatel.upm.es (Javier Martin Rueda ) wrote:
> 
>> I've seen that FreeBSD supports HP and some other CD-ROM writers
>> under 2.1.5, but doesn't seem to support a Philips CDi 2000, which
>> is what a friend of mine has.
> 
> I've got a report that the actual drive for the Philips, HP, and Kodak
> products is the same.  So i'm 99.99 % positive it will work.
>