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Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 15:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
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Subject: Re: CD ROM Read/Write drive
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On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Jon Loeliger wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I've stumbled onto a CD-R drive that I'd like to thunk
> into my FreeBSD box.  I know little about it and haven't
> the slightest clue what SW I need for it.
> 
> This is an external "Smart and Friendly" CD-R 2006 Plus.
> It's got a normal centronics-like SCSI connection with
> external terminator.

Probaby an OEMd Sony or something like that.

> I think I'm going to plug it in along side my external
> SCSI 4mm HP Jetstore 2000 tape drive.

Okay, make sure you take the terminator off the Jetstore and put it on the
CD-R.

> Am I confused to think that the hardware aspects of this
> should "Just Work"?  What, if any, SW will I need?  I'd
> like to construct a large file system and thunk a whole
> bunch of stuff like tar files onto a CD and be able to
> mount it as a file system later.  Things like that.
> Suggestions?  I don't have a clue where to even begin.

Install the cdrecord port and enjoy.  You may have to re-symlink /dev/ssc
(??) to from /dev/rworm0.ctl to /dev/rcd0.ctl (or whatever device the CD-R
gets).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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