From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 3 19:46:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA04131 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:46:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA04099 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 19:46:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA09904; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:17:02 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601040347.OAA09904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Question about the CDRom To: blair@oddis.cyber-naut.com (Blair Schmittel) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:17:01 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601032158.OAA03059@oddis.cyber-naut.com> from "Blair Schmittel" at Jan 3, 96 02:58:09 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Blair Schmittel stands accused of saying: > I have a client that is buying the FreeBSD Cd-Rom from Walnut Creek. > One problem, he doesn't have SCSI CD-Rom drive. He says it isn't IDE > either. I was thinking ATAPI, he said it had a 16 pin ribbon ccable. If it has a 16-pin ribbon, it's a proprietary interface of some unknown type. > Anyway, saying this is ATAPI, what are the chances that it will > install (being ATAPI suport is still experimental) correctly? I > figure he'll have problems anyway because he is a novice UNIX user > anyway. It's not ATAPI if it has a 16-pin cable. "IDE" and "ATAPI" are close to synonymous when it comes to CDroms, if I understand things correctly. > Blair -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[