Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:18:36 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net> To: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux cdrom block device Message-ID: <20021127071836.GB598@laptop.6bone.nl> In-Reply-To: <20021127010251.B35654-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> References: <20021127010251.B35654-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
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On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 01:04:49AM -0500, Kenneth Culver wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to emulate the cdrom block device for > linux emulation? FreeBSD right now has only character devices, but several > linux programs that directly access the cdrom device require block > devices, so I was wondering if there was a way to create a device node for > linux that's a block device for the cdrom drive. For -current this should be done with GEOM. It is not only needed for CDROM drive access both also for all disk access except the VMWARE virtual disk. For -stable GEOM is not an option. Mark -- Mark Santcroos RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.ripe.net/home/mark/ New Projects Group/TTM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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