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To: Søren Schmidt <sos@sos.freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: multiple cd drives, how to... 
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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 21:08:44 +0200
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In message <199710121822.UAA16562@sos.freebsd.dk>, Søren Schmidt writes:
>
>I'm currently implementing support for multiple CD drives in the ATAPI 
>driver, question is how to switch the CD.
>Should it be done by using the patition (a-h) gives which gives 8 
>possibilities, or should it be coded into the minor number.
>Another possiblity is to use the cdcontrol program via ioctls to
>switch.
>
>Votes ??

Do not use the partitions.  Why don't you just take the number of
drive numbers you need ?  That way you can mount all of the CD's
and the changer will plug in whatever one you access.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."