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From: "Alex Carlos Braga Ant\co" <e9203125@linf.unb.br>
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To: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <jeff@stat.uconn.edu>
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Subject: Re: CD ROM drives.
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Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if somebody could answer a few questions on CD-ROM drives.
> I have a Matshushita/Panasonic CR-581 4xspeed CD-ROM.  In the installation
> manuals, these CD-ROMs are said to not be supported.  However, my CD-ROM is
> installed in my system as an IDE CD-ROM and is connected through my IDE
> interface.  I was wondering if this CD-ROM might be compatible then with
> FreeBSD's IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM drivers.  If so, how would I mount it if I
> compile a new kernel with
> 
> controller wcd0
> options "ATAPI" etc
> 
> Do you think this is fruitless?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> JM Jef,

   I also have a IDE CD-ROM, and I couldn't make it work on FreeBSD. I 
don't know if it's because it's alone in my IDE card, my HD is a SCSI.
   No one here could give me an resonable option to my problem.

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