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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ATAPI CDROM drive and xmcd or workman
Date: 22 Jan 1997 19:56:19 -0800
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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In article <5c6lhe$j5d@nntp1.best.com>,
chris andrichak <chris@chris.eng.i-planet.com> wrote:
>In article <5c14pg$7nn@uriah.heep.sax.de>,
> j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
>> chris@i-planet.com (chris andrichak) wrote:
>>> I have an Alaris P100 with fBSD 2.1.5 and a Mitsumi ATAPI 6x CDROM
>>> drive, but I can't seem to get either xmcd or workman to control it
>>> at all. Anyone have any experience?
>> I think something like ``workman -c /dev/wdc0a'' should do it. Can't
>> verify, i don't have or use IDE stuff.
>yeah, i tried that (using the correct device), but it still
>didn't do anything.
I've tried a lot to make workman work with my ATAPI CD-ROM unit, but
it's been hopeless. Serves us right for getting cheap equipment :-p
Not even xcdplayer or xcd will work... i get by with cdplay only.
rone
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