From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 8 00:25:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA28072 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 00:25:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mn26hp6.honeywell.com (mn26hp6.honeywell.com [129.30.4.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA28015 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 00:25:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sleas@mn26hp6.honeywell.com) Received: from localhost by mn26hp6.honeywell.com with SMTP (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA242895490; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 02:24:50 -0600 Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 02:24:50 -0600 (CST) From: Shawn Leas To: Michael Porter Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: IDE CDRs In-Reply-To: <350253F3.2112FF05@wavefront.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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): , 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 <=========== America Held Hostage ===========> Day 1873 for the poor and the middle class. Day 1892 for the rich and the dead. 1049 days remaining in the Raw Deal. <============================================> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message