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From: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com>
To: Paul Nathan Puri <publisher@ompages.com>
Subject: RE: ATAPI/IDE CD-RW (i.e. HP 7200)
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was on 02-Jun-99),
the great prophet Paul Nathan Puri once wrote:
> OK. I've seem some conflicting reports here.  Some threads say that the
> HP 7200
> should work in write mode. Others say that ATAPI CD-R/RWs are not
> currently supported.
> 
> Does anyone have a working HP 7200 that they burn CDs with in
> FreeBSD.  This will make or break whether I install FBSD or not.
> Thanks folks.

I personally use a HP 8210i (the 7200's "big brother") with no problems. 
I have it on reliable sources that the 7200i works just as well.

However, you need FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASe or later, however.  2.2.x does not
support them at all, and 3.0-3.1 contain a bug that could cause your write
process to abort (resulting in a ruined disc) if the your burner does not
support the ATAPI "rezero" command.  3.2 fixes this problem.

Also, the ATAPI CD-writer suppport is *NOT* Done using the 'cdrecord'
port.  Instead, take a look at the scripts in /usr/share/examples/atapi.
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