From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 19:44:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7128C16A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:44:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aaryn.lunarpages.com (aaryn.lunarpages.com [216.193.194.222]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5481543D45 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 19:44:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmw-ml@solitarylight.com) Received: from 68-173-145-64.nyc.rr.com ([68.173.145.64] helo=bsd.nyc.rr.com) by aaryn.lunarpages.com with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BWRAP-0007P6-B4 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 19:44:17 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 22:41:08 -0500 From: John Wilson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040604224108.72a4085b.jmw-ml@solitarylight.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - aaryn.lunarpages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - solitarylight.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: 4.10 / USB 1.1 / New Machine. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 02:44:24 -0000 Hello all. I am currently running an older P3/500 with 4.9 and am looking into purchasing an external USB CD-R/RW unit to add to this machine. Unfortunately, the mainboard only supports USB 1.1. I understand that this would not be the most ideal for an external CD-R/RW and that I'd most likely have to drop the write speeds down until I can afford a new machine with USB 2.0. My first question is this: could anyone recommend a decent external USB CD-R/RW that is known working with USB 1.1 and FBSD 4.9 and is a good, quality unit? In a few months, I am also hoping to be able to afford a new machine. As of now, I'm looking into an Intel D865PERL mainboard. My understanding is that this board would allow booting off of USB devices, and my hopes are that I could use this same USB CD-R/RW with the new machine as my only CD drive. My second question is this: are there any known issues in regard to booting off of external USB CD devices and the subsequent installation of FreeBSD from an external USB unit? Thank you very much for your time, John.