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Date:      Mon, 02 Dec 2002 11:02:15 -0800
From:      Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
To:        Daniel Mundy <djmunds@gmx.net>, advocacy@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 5.0-DP2
Message-ID:  <200212021102.15488.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021127102701.GA41083@xion.void>
References:  <200211191145.12974.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> <200211191056.44469.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <20021127102701.GA41083@xion.void>

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On Wednesday 27 November 2002 02:27 am, Daniel Mundy wrote:
> On Wed Nov 20, 2002 at 05:26:44AM CST, Johnson David wrote:
> > FreeBSD can now treat ATA devices as SCSI devices. Software that expects
> > SCSI hardware can now be used even if your hardware is the common and
> > inexpensive ATA format. Now there is no need to reboot into another
> > operating system to burn your Compact Discs.
>
> Was there ever such a need?
>
> See burncd(8) :
>   "burncd - control the ATAPI CD-R/RW driver"

Oh, but is was a need. It's called a user interface. Whether this interface is 
graphical or textual is irrelevant, but the usability of combining mkisofs 
and cdrdao with cdrecord (or burncd) is real. Since there are no UI frontends 
to burncd, treating ATA devices as SCSI means I can now use cdrecord and its 
frontends instead.

David

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