Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 14:13:04 -0600 (CST) From: Alex Nash <nash@Mcs.Net> To: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.gmd.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cdrecord (was HP 6020 drive compatibility) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971210141217.13353C-100000@Venus.mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <199712101931.UAA06880@sherwood.fokus.gmd.de>
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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Joerg Wunsch writes: > > >Only very slowly. You could also have a look at Joerg Schilling's > >cdrecord tool, it's in the ports collection, and basically bypasses > >the kernel driver. > > Wrong: Cdrecord does not bypass the kernel driver! > > Cdrecord uses the SCSI kernel driver to send SCSI commands to the drive. > The way cdrecord does this, is the only portable way across different > UNIX platforms. I think what Joerg meant was that cdrecord bypasses the worm driver (as does cd-write), not the SCSI driver. Alex
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