Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:24:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD ROM Read/Write drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807291523360.24795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199807281622.LAA22662@chrome.jdl.com>
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On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Jon Loeliger wrote: > Folks, > > I've stumbled onto a CD-R drive that I'd like to thunk > into my FreeBSD box. I know little about it and haven't > the slightest clue what SW I need for it. > > This is an external "Smart and Friendly" CD-R 2006 Plus. > It's got a normal centronics-like SCSI connection with > external terminator. Probaby an OEMd Sony or something like that. > I think I'm going to plug it in along side my external > SCSI 4mm HP Jetstore 2000 tape drive. Okay, make sure you take the terminator off the Jetstore and put it on the CD-R. > Am I confused to think that the hardware aspects of this > should "Just Work"? What, if any, SW will I need? I'd > like to construct a large file system and thunk a whole > bunch of stuff like tar files onto a CD and be able to > mount it as a file system later. Things like that. > Suggestions? I don't have a clue where to even begin. Install the cdrecord port and enjoy. You may have to re-symlink /dev/ssc (??) to from /dev/rworm0.ctl to /dev/rcd0.ctl (or whatever device the CD-R gets). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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