Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 01:21:51 -0700 (PDT) From: agc@uts.amdahl.com (Alistair G. Crooks) To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Removeable media support Message-ID: <m0rw3rz-00006nC@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950403024710.20912h-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw> from "Brian Tao" at Apr 3, 95 02:54:55 am
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> I found several old mailing lists messages pertaining to using a > Syquest removeable drive and an Iomega floptical with FreeBSD. Are > there any quirks to their operation? I assume I can just stick in a > cartridge with a proper filesystem and mount it? My Apple IIGS should > be arriving in my hands sometime next week after clearing customs in > Taiwan, and I'm thinking of connecting it's PLI floptical drive to the > FreeBSD box. No particular reason, just want to try it out. Anyone > else using this piece of hardware? As an aside, I'd just like to say that I've been running a re-badged IBM 650 MB Magneto-Optical drive under NetBSD 1.0A for the last month, with absolutely no problems - my small 4-line "fix" to get sd to recognise removable media has been in the sources for a while. Quicker than tape, more robust, and neat, neat, neat... Cheers, Alistair -- Alistair G. Crooks (agc@uts.amdahl.com) +44 125 234 6377 Amdahl European HQ, Dogmersfield Park, Hartley Wintney, Hants RG27 8TE, UK. [These are only my opinions, and certainly not those of Amdahl Corporation]
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