From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 21 4:12: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5121F37B401 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 04:11:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babyruth.hotpop.com (babyruth.hotpop.com [204.57.55.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB66443E70 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 04:11:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from webdude@phreaker.net) Received: from phreaker.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by babyruth.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id F0C6F2152FA for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:11:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ies (isdnppp-30.vestfold.net [217.65.226.30]) by smtp-2.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E31B1B8563 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:10:48 +0200 From: Inge Thorin Eidsæther To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Freecom Traveller II CD-RW supported in 4.6? Message-Id: <20020821131048.67ac246b.webdude@phreaker.net> Organization: Private X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.0claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.6) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi I wonder if anyone has had success in getting the new external Freecom Traveller II 16X/10X/24X CD-RW drive (PCCard version) to work under FreeBSD? Link to product page: http://www.freecom.com/ecProduct_detail.asp?ID=388 I plan to use it with cdrecord on a laptop computer (running FreeBSD 4.6 RELEASE) of the following make: Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT - Mobile Pentium II 366MHz(1.6V) - Intel 440DX Chipset - 192 MB SDRAM (64MBit, 3.3V, 60ns) - 2 PCMCIA slots (supports both 16bit PCCard and 32bit CardBus) - 1 USB v1.1 slot Note: I have researched my options, and come to the conclusion that the solution lies in a CD-RW drive like the one mentioned above, or a similar product, like Smart & Friendly (web site in bad shape...), for these reasons: My computer has no USB2 ports, and I do not want to upgrade to -current to (maybe) get a PCMCIA based USB2 controller to work. Whereas USB2 writers are easily come by, I have not been able to find any USB1 ones. The combination of a 16-bit PCMCIA (PCCard) SCSI controller (also quite hard to come by, they all sell 32-bit CardBus now) and an external SCSI CD-RW drive would be too expensive, possibly also adding the cost of a special interface adapter... Any suggestions or tips are highly welcome! thanks for your time and kind help, Inge Thorin Eidsaether webdude at phreaker dot net *** If you want to break the rules, you must first know them *** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message