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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:48:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert N Watson <rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Subject: Burning CD's under 2.1.5+
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I'm currently running 2.1.5-RELEASE and plan to upgrade to 2.2-RELEASE
when it is available (I'm skipping 2.1.6 and manually patching security
problems.)

I'm interested in burning CD-ROM's with my system, and after perusing
the FreeBSD web site found some conflicting information -- Jordan's
picks of ideal systems note the HP1040i writer to be a great choice, but
not work on pre-2.2 SCSI code.  The 2.1.5 release notes state:

Worm driver - it is now possible to burn CDROMs using the Plasmon or
HP 4080i CDR drives (see `wormcontrol(1)').

Which is more accurate?  The HP seems to be a cheap and reliable (not to
mention dev-team recommended! :) drive that is easily available.  I've
had some trouble locating the CDR550 Phillips drive..  If I get the HP,
can Iuse the burn CD script listed in the archive that turns a file tree
into a CD-ROM?  Does FreeBSD support burning audio tracks? (not a big
issue, but as a side thing, it would be nice :).

Thanks,
Robert Watson
rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu