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Date:      Sat, 04 May 1996 06:38:49 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Roland Jay Roberts <jay@map.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Comaptability Question 
Message-ID:  <4199.831188329@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 04 May 1996 01:23:09 EDT." <m0uFZ0o-003uVFC@wormhole> 

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Roland Jay Roberts wrote in message ID
<m0uFZ0o-003uVFC@wormhole>:
> On Fri, 3 May 1996 10:10:34 +0000 (GMT), Gabor Zahemszky wrote:
> 
> >And maybe the IDE is supported, too.  Some of the IDE CD's are good, the
> >others are not.  Try the atapi.flp boot floppi.
> 
> Does anyone have a list of supported (i.e., working) IDE CD-ROM drives?

Trouble is it seems (from what I've read) that what may work for
someone may not work for someone else. It APPEARS to be dependant on a
lot of different factors (including stuff like if the CD is the master
on the IDE bus or the slave, and possibly what the other device (if
any) on the chain is), so compiling a list may prove, err,
challenging. That isn't to say that it shouldn't be attempted, but
just a warning that even if it says ``THIS DRIVE WORKS'' on the list,
it means it worked for SOMEONE, maybe not for you though. Until
someone tidies up the IDE driver and the ATAPI CD driver, that will
unfortunately remain the case.

If someone wants to try, the mail list archives will likely prove a
good starting place.

Gary
--
Gary Palmer                                            FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.



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