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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 01:16:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Robert Palank <srfpala@inlink.com>
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Subject: Re: Sony CDROM Drive
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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Robert Palank wrote:

> I've got a Sony CDU50E CDROM Drive that seems incompatible with  FreeBSD
> 2.1
> When loading DOS -- read  dual boot  -- it reports  "ATAPI CDROM Device
> Driver 2.14a"
> and the device is properly read in both DOS and Windows 3.1 
> Also, I used the CDROM to do the initial install of 2.1.
> Q1. Is it true that this model doesn't work under 2.1 ?

2.1.0, yes; 2.1.5, marginally; 2.2.x, quite well.

> Q2. Is this device compatible during and after installation with a later
> release of  FreeBSD ?

See Q1.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major