Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 23:31:27 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Berlin <root@danberlin.resnet.rochester.edu> To: ainvar@enteract.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD burners: recommendations? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980307232722.6997A-100000@danberlin.resnet.rochester.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980307113559.50298@enteract.com>
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On Sat, 7 Mar 1998 ainvar@enteract.com wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 1998 at 11:17:13PM -0500, Daniel Berlin wrote: > > MP6200s from Ricoh. > > I've gotten that thing to work on every OS known to man. > > And some known only to Aliens (IE Linux for the 3BX$#&@!*#&!@# (it's > > unpronouncable in your hoo-man languages)) > > --DAn > > Really? I haven't been able to accomplish anything with my IDE > version of this drive.... > That's because their expertise was in making scsi drives, or at least that's my view. I think this is one of the first, if no the first, IDE product they have ever had out > FreeBSD doesn't know it. > > The Windows 95 software they include doesn't support Rockridge > extensions, which seems to be required if you want to make a CD > with long filenames (a FreeBSD CD, for example..) Hmm, i wonder if the latest firmware fixed this? One firmware upgrade improved the speed of the scsi from 5x to 6x (by reducing the overhead in scsi access time i guess) > > I haven't tried Linux.. how is its support? I could install > Linux on the Windows 95 machine, then use Linux to create BSD cds.. > but then how would I get Linux installed??-- Linux doesn't support > FTP install and I am not paying $50+ for a copy of linux on a cd.. > What? Both debian and redhat support ftp installs. Having used every os on the planet, let me tell you, i'd rather stick with freebsd. It's better maintained. Or at least, i find it friendlier. --DAn > Their tech support is "unresponsive." > > > On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > > I'm considering getting a CD-ROM burner. Can anybody offer > > > recommendations, war stories or comments? > > > > > > Greg > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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