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Date:      13 Mar 1997 13:03:50 +0100
From:      Martin Ostermann <ost@comnets.rwth-aachen.de>
To:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to mount a CD in a WORM for reading?
Message-ID:  <43u3mg9exl.fsf@comnets.rwth-aachen.de>
In-Reply-To: Darryl Okahata's message of Wed, 02 Oct 1996 16:05:14 -0700
References:  <199610022305.AA072497514@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>

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[the mail I am replying to is a few month old]

Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> writes:
> > Now, worm(4) says that it should supply all capabilities of cd(4), but
> > there's no worm block device (/dev/worm0). 
> 
>      Unfortunately, you cannot currently use a CD-writer as a CD-reader.
> Until someone merges (?) the worm and CD drivers, you cannot read CDROMs
> from a CD-writer.

Hi,

Does ".. full CD-R support for [..]" (2.2 gamma release notes) imply
that it's now possible to use read a CD via the worm device?

Martin
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