Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 12:31:03 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: matcd on an SB16 Message-ID: <378F7A67.F4C28EEB@softweyr.com> References: <199907160105.KAA07821@gizmo.internode.com.au>
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Mark Newton wrote:
>
> Mike Smith wrote:
>
> > > Is the matcd driver known to work on FreeBSD 3.2 ? If not, does anyone
> > > have any estimate of the amount of effort that'd be required to fix it?
> >
> > It "works" for some definitions of "work". Firstly, there are three
> > different CDROM interfaces that can be hung off an SB16; one is the
> > Matsushita drive, there's also a Mutsumi interface (I don't think we
> > support it) and a Sony interface (also, I believe, unsupported).
>
> Ghods, you're going through some old mail! [ and how was DEFCON, btw? :-) ]
>
> FWIW, the guy I was talking about embarked on a network install from
> another machine with a CD-ROM drive and an NFS server; the network
> install failed for slightly related reasons, having to do with the
> idea the hardware in this box is generally crap.
>
> The disappointing thing is that Linux works on it, though :-/
Uh, no, that's the way it's supposed to be. They support every stupid
dongle and widget on the planet, remember? ;^)
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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