From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 1 16:39:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA15109 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:39:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp2.erols.com (smtp2.erols.com [207.172.3.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA14974 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 16:37:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hartong@erols.com) Received: from mark (207-172-53-44.s44.tnt4.brd.erols.com [207.172.53.44]) by smtp2.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA07755 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:36:52 -0500 (EST) From: "Hartong" To: Subject: FreeBSD CDRom Compatability Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 19:33:51 -0500 Message-ID: <01bd5dcf$02cacae0$2c35accf@mark> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD5DA5.19F4C2E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD5DA5.19F4C2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings! A quick question. Some of the documentation on the Web pages state that = the CDRom IDE Interface is only Alpha quality (aka it may or may not = work :) ) and other locations make no mention of the CDRom IDE interface = being experimental. =20 I have a TEAC CD-56E IDE CD Rom installed in in my machine, and could = substitue an NEC-46 IDE CDRom for the TEAC. My questions are 1. Is the CDRom IDE driver "experimental" or "production" quality? 2. Has anyone reported any installation or operation problems with = either a TEAC or NEC CDRom and Free BSD 2.2.6/3,0? I'm currently running Linux and would like to get a little stability = back into my life! (I grew up in a BSD environonment, nuff said? :) ) Regards Mark Hartong Systems Engineer Lockheed Martin Federal Systems mark.hartong@lmco.com (work) hartong@erols.com (home) ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD5DA5.19F4C2E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Greetings!
 
A quick question.  Some of the documentation on = the Web=20 pages state that the CDRom IDE Interface is only Alpha quality (aka it = may or=20 may not work :) ) and other locations make no mention of the CDRom IDE = interface=20 being experimental. 
 
I have a TEAC CD-56E IDE CD Rom installed in in my = machine,=20 and could substitue an NEC-46 IDE CDRom for the TEAC.  My questions = are
 
    1. Is the CDRom IDE driver=20 "experimental" or "production" quality?
    2. Has anyone reported any = installation or=20 operation problems with either a TEAC or NEC CDRom and Free BSD=20 2.2.6/3,0?
 
I'm currently running Linux and would like to get a = little=20 stability back into my life! (I grew up in a BSD environonment, nuff = said? =20 :) )
 
 
Regards
 
Mark Hartong
Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems
mark.hartong@lmco.com &nbs= p;   =20 (work)
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