Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 10:35:24 +0930 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: newton@internode.com.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: matcd on an SB16 Message-ID: <199907160105.KAA07821@gizmo.internode.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199907150750.AAA01206@dingo.cdrom.com> from "Mike Smith" at Jul 15, 99 00:50:31 am
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Mike Smith wrote: > > Is the matcd driver known to work on FreeBSD 3.2 ? If not, does anyone > > have any estimate of the amount of effort that'd be required to fix it? > > It "works" for some definitions of "work". Firstly, there are three > different CDROM interfaces that can be hung off an SB16; one is the > Matsushita drive, there's also a Mutsumi interface (I don't think we > support it) and a Sony interface (also, I believe, unsupported). Ghods, you're going through some old mail! [ and how was DEFCON, btw? :-) ] FWIW, the guy I was talking about embarked on a network install from another machine with a CD-ROM drive and an NFS server; the network install failed for slightly related reasons, having to do with the idea the hardware in this box is generally crap. The disappointing thing is that Linux works on it, though :-/ - mark ---- Mark Newton Email: newton@internode.com.au (W) Network Engineer Email: newton@atdot.dotat.org (H) Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 "Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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