From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 30 06:56:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA04647 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 06:56:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from patty.loop.net (patty.loop.net [204.179.169.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA04615 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 06:56:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from pma3_144.loop.com (pma3_144.loop.com [207.17.84.144]) by patty.loop.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id GAA02660 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 06:55:38 -0800 Message-ID: <32776C5D.553C@loop.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 06:55:25 -0800 From: Bill Bartley X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Disappointed by lack of ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM support X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/mailto.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I am writing to let you know why I could not consider using FreeBSD on my home machine -- the lack of ATAPI/IDE cdrom support. The online docs say that the drivers are considered "ALPHA" quality. They also say verbatim what they said when I first inquired about FreeBSD nearly two years ago. Couldn't any progress have been made on the cdrom drivers in two years? Bill