From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 1 18:48:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA29833 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 18:48:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from hunter.pomona.edu (hunter.pomona.edu [134.173.64.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA29826 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 18:48:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from pccs.cs.pomona.edu by HUNTER.POMONA.EDU (PMDF V5.0-4 #12356) id <01I1U213RVHM00002P@HUNTER.POMONA.EDU> for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 01 Mar 1996 18:48:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by pccs.cs.pomona.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA17448; Fri, 01 Mar 1996 18:47:48 -0800 Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 18:47:47 -0800 (PST) From: jbarbee@pccs.cs.pomona.edu (John H. Barbee) Subject: current status of IDE cdrom drives To: questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <9603020247.AA17448@pccs.cs.pomona.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk hello, i've check with several place (http://www.bsd.org; ftp://ftp.bsd.org; file:/usr.../handbook/handbook.html; file:/usr.../FAQ/freebsd-faq.html) and at some the IDE is stated as not supported and at some the IDE rom drive is stated as still in alpha status. i've already ordered the cd's from walnut creek. my goldstar model: gcd-r542b, enhanced IDE cd-rom drive will be here tomorrow. i need to know it will be compatible for freebsd. i can't use ethernet since my dorm's concrete walls are too drill through and the school does not support slip/ppp since it's a firewall security problem. and ftp 300 megs to my inet acct is definitely out of the question. therefore, cdrom seems to be my only option. i need to know if my cd drive will work thanx l8r