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Date:      Sun, 8 Mar 1998 02:24:50 -0600 (CST)
From:      Shawn Leas <sleas@mn26hp6.honeywell.com>
To:        Michael Porter <ocean@wavefront.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   IDE CDRs
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.980308022159.22330B-100000@mn26hp6.honeywell.com>
In-Reply-To: <350253F3.2112FF05@wavefront.com>

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On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Michael Porter wrote:

> Hi, I just purchased a "HI-VAL" 2X8X IDE  CD-R.  I could not get
> cd-write to recognize it (although /stand/sysutil had no problem reading
> from the drive)  and I couldn't get cdrecord off of the net.  Well, I
> saw it there through the web, and when I tried to get it with
> /stand/sysutil, it had cd-write, but not cdrecord.  I saw something
> about "worm" and lookedit up, seeing immediately that it was for SCSI
> drives, whereas mine is IDE. Dmesg says this:
> 
> wdc0: unit 1 (atapi): <CR-2801TE/1.06>, removable, intr, dma, iordis
> wcd0:  1377Kb/sec, 512Kb cache, audio play, 2 volume levels, ejectable
> tray
> wcd0: no disc inside, unlocked

I guess I was under the impression that IDE CDRs were pretty new,
does Freebsd even support using them as CDRs?

> The package says 1 meg cache, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were
> deceptive.
> Do I need to reconfig my kernel?  Help please!
> 
> Michael Porter
> ocean@wavefront.com

Shawn

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