From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 5 11:58:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA22590 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:58:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from demon.net (sos.support.demon.net [194.217.150.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA22581 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 11:58:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: from pc037.southend.demon.net ([194.217.151.37]) by sos.support.demon.net id aa10568; 5 Nov 98 19:33 GMT Message-ID: <5Mg4kGB+2fQ2EwWZ@demon.net> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:34:22 +0000 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: laptop / pcmcia cable to external cdrom MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 4.00 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello experts I am in the dark on this one. Please don't ask me to write a device driver for this, I wouldn't know where to start :) The problem: I have a spare 36x speed cdrom drive, and I want to put it into an external case to use with my laptop. An external case typically has a parrallel-port-alike connection (IYSWIM) The problem is, what configuration should the other end be? If the other end is pcmcia, what driver is available that would allow me to see the cdrom from freebsd, or should the other end be plugged into my printer port (with a suitable plug)? I remember hearing that this was not possible under 2.2.6 - is this still the case? Thanks -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message