Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:42:23 +0100 From: Ian J Hart <ianjhart@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> To: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cdrecord problems to record 1 CD Message-ID: <380E373F.4312E415@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910022009590.553-100000@localhost.tu-graz.ac.at>
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Very late on this thread I know, but I just noticed this strange feature
which may be of interest. I dual boot with win95 (It's for the kids,
honest). Figuring FreeBSD is closer to Unix than Windows, I connected the
block size jumper on my SCSI cd writer to the turbo switch on my case. Thus
allowing me to change the jumper setting before booting I find that with
the block size jumper open I can boot from a _local_release_ CD. With it
shorted (512 byte blocks) I cannot. (I also have to set the BIOS to boot
from A: as the SCSI BIOS swaps the CDRW drive letter to A: No SCSI boot
option in this BIOS.)
Booting from my ATAPI CD reader is also something of a lottery. I'm still
investigating this.
My hardware is:
AIR 54TPI M/B with on board AIC7880UW SCSI
YAMAHA CDRW6416S (SCSI RW)
LG CRD-8322B (IDE/ATAPI 32X reader)
Hope this is useful. Can someone tell me if the block size jumper should be
on or off?
Cheers in advance
ian
ianjhart@freeloader.freeserve.co.uk
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