From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 03:02:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA03875 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 03:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from diablo.ppp.de (diablo.ppp.de [193.141.101.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA03843; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 03:02:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from allegro.lemis.de by diablo.ppp.de with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0ug6xX-000QgIC; Tue, 16 Jul 96 12:02 MET DST From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Received: (grog@localhost) by allegro.lemis.de (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA17073; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:31:49 +0200 Message-Id: <199607160931.LAA17073@allegro.lemis.de> Subject: Re: ATAPI CD-ROMS (was: help) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:31:49 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Hackers), questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) In-Reply-To: <199607141731.TAA11966@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Jul 14, 96 07:31:21 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch writes: > > As Greg Lehey wrote: > >> ATAPI >> CD-ROMs must account for 70% of installation problems. Soon they'll >> be standard equipment on all PCs. We need to do something about the >> situation. > > So do something. OK. Anybody who has an ATAPI CD-ROM which they can't get working under FreeBSD can send it to me and I'll make a best effort attempt to get it running. Sorry, owner pays freight in both directions. I'm going on vacation at the end of the week, so I can't start this until then. Please don't send me drives before contacting me; firstly, I could be overwhelmed, and secondly, I might already have the same kind of drive. Greg