From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 3 16:49: 5 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55CCA37B401 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:49:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (f118.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.23.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E79A43ED4 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:49:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bill_moran2@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:38:52 -0800 Received: from 66.132.12.15 by lw15fd.law15.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 04 Jan 2003 00:38:52 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.132.12.15] From: "Bill Moran" To: Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Driver for DVD-RAM Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 19:38:52 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jan 2003 00:38:52.0824 (UTC) FILETIME=[A7E13180:01C2B389] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov > >Greetings fellow BSD enthusiast. Can you let me know how to persue the >following question, in the event that it has already been posted and >answered. I am interested in attaching a DVD-RAM drive to an Intel >computer with FreeBSD operating system. The computer has a S.C.S.I. board, >and Panasonic makes a drive that attaches to a S.C.S.I. board. Panasonic >offers no device drivers for FreeBSD. Has anyone else tried to do this? >Is a device driver available? Can the proposed arrangement work with a >default S.C.S.I. driver? Could such a device be made bootable? Any advice >is appreciated. Lee_Shackelford@dot.ca.gov I'm no SCSI or or DVD-RAM expert, but I think I can answer some of your questions. For reading, the DVD-RAM should look like a CD-ROM to the SCSI system. Whether or not there is a driver is something you can check at the hardware list on www.freebsd.org. Even if there isn't a specific driver, it _might_ work anyway, if it's pretty standard in its design. As far as writing to the device, there are no drivers that I know of. However, FreeBSD has a spiffy SCSI passthru system that allows software to directly control SCSI devices: this is how cdrecord works. Last I checked, cdrecord did work for many DVD burners, but you couldn't get the DVD capable version for free, you had to purchase it. That's been almost a year, so things may have changed, but there's a point for you to start researching. Good luck, Bill _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message