Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 15:28:25 -0400 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: Oliver Braun <obraun@informatik.unibw-muenchen.de>, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: grip configuration Message-ID: <20020714192825.BA54A3E31@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> of "Sun, 14 Jul 2002 10:52:26 EDT." <20020714145226.GA61269@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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--==_Exmh_-1202159942P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > I hope you have a SCSI cdrom. > > Otherwise, you're entering a DMZ: there are patches to allow "ATAPICAM" > so that the ATAPI driver can be accessed like the SCSI driver. However, > there is some contentious situtation about this, of which I know not > details, wherein the patches are apprently being blocked from inclusion > in the kernel (or something like that). Unfortunately, you are correct. Toys have been thrown out of prams, dummies have been spat out. It's ugly. > (If that is the case, then I can only suggest you search the mail > archives for -STABLE and -CURRENT and then possibly ask on -CURRENT.) The patches are at: http://www.cuivre.fr.eu.org/~thomas/atapicam/ They work well for me, YMMV. Applying patches after every cvsup is irritating however... > Also, the implementation on Linux blows dead bears (or *did*) in terms > of speed, reliability, and not-having-to-reboot-your-box; No comment :) > It's why I use SCSI CDROM/CDRW devices. I do too, in desktop boxes. However, the options are more limited if you want an internal CDRW/DVD combo in a laptop :) Cheers, AS --==_Exmh_-1202159942P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE9MdDZPHh895bDXeQRAlK2AJ92o4r/juyZGh5lwRqt//pP5sflTACePxmX s2gQIZmWGdqTIJ/nBfXMk+I= =pRHh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1202159942P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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