Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 14:04:28 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Aaron Harcrow <g506181@aurora.lasc.lockheed.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: CDROM configuration Message-ID: <9503171904.AA23278@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <9503171807.AA07938@eagle.lmsc.lockheed.com> References: <9503171807.AA07938@eagle.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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NB: Don't multi-post across the FreeBSD mailing-lists. It just irritates the people who receive more than one. <<On Fri, 17 Mar 95 12:11:45 CST, Aaron Harcrow <g506181@aurora.lasc.lockheed.com> said: > from the Walnut Creek CDROM. I have installed the basic kernel and can boot > from it, but the kernel does not find my CDROM drive. This drive is a rather > obscure one : a Genstar 2000 by Genesis Integrated Systems. The interface card > is probably proprietary but is ISO 9660 compliant. ISO 9660 is a standard for the format of the data on the CD-ROM; it has nothing to do with the interface of the drive. Unless your drive is compatible with one of the supported drives (like Mitsumi), FreeBSD can't access it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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