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From: blaz@amis.net (Blaz Zupan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP !  Future Domain 36C70 !!
Date: 9 Jul 1997 07:47:09 GMT
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In article <01bc8c2b$99a5e600$c44756ce@bbuhr>, Betty Buhr wrote:
>I am really confused.  This is my first experience with installing FreeBSD.
> I have looked in the hardware.txt file and see only three CDroms listed:
>    mcd0    Mitsumi CD-ROM
>    matcd0  Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM
>    scd0    Sony CD-ROM
>Does this mean that these are the only scsi cdroms that can be recognized? 
>If so, where can I get one?  If not, where do I find the config info on
>other drives?

No, those are not SCSI CD-ROM's, those are proprieraty controller for
CD-ROM's, so they need a special driver. SCSI CD-ROM's use the "cd" driver
(generic) attached to your SCSI adapter (which has to be supported).
An Adaptec 2940 is a good choice, for example.

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Blaz Zupan, blaz@amis.net, http://www.amis.net/staff/blaz
Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia