From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Nov 24 10:51:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA04981 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 24 Nov 1996 10:51:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA04976 for ; Sun, 24 Nov 1996 10:51:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.2/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA02855; Sun, 24 Nov 1996 10:45:24 -0800 (PST) To: Andrew Stesin cc: Warner Losh , Joerg Wunsch , FreeBSD hackers Subject: Re: IDE CDROM experiences (was: ATAPI In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 24 Nov 1996 14:34:39 +0200." Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 10:45:23 -0800 Message-ID: <2853.848861123@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 2.1.6 ATAPI driver isn't so robust, it didn't work > in any of the above configurations. :-( Just now I have > a SCSI box but with IDE CDROM (Creative CRE-JTB Quad Speed) > on wdc0 and 2.1.6-R just doesn't see even wdc controllers, > no matter is CDROM a "master" or "slave" device. > > Can I bring at least 2.2 ATAPI driver to 2.1.6? (didn't get time > to try this yet, but interested in the ability). As much as I'd like the 2.1.6 driver to be more robust, I'm afraid that we're truly done with that release now. :) > I sholuld also mention that SCSI CDROM drives are now simply > dissapearing from PC hardware market. So like this or not -- > you won't always get SCSI CDROM even if you sincerely want it. Uh.. Maybe in Russia, but around here they're just as plentiful as ever! :-) In fact, they've been dropping in price significantly and it's now possible buy an 8X SCSI CDROM drive (from NEC) for less than $200. I also just purchased a 12X SCSI drive in Las Vegas for $349, and I would expect it to be somewhat cheaper in the San Francisco Bay Area. Performance is very good. Jordan