From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 21 16:33:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA23784 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:33:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM ([198.138.38.205]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA23766 Thu, 21 Dec 1995 16:32:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM (8.6.12/8.6.9) id TAA17944; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 19:31:40 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 19:31:34 -0500 (EST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" X-Sender: jmb@Aspen.Woc.Atinc.COM To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG cc: dufault@hda.com, bde@zeta.org.au, hm@altona.hamburg.com, se@mi.Uni-Koeln.de Subject: NAKAMICHI cdrom changer Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Peter Defualt wrote: > > As John Beukema wrote: > > > > > > > > > Can I expect the same under fbsd? > > > > Nope, you should use the `changer' device (ch0). Our CDROMs aren't > > `sd' drives anyway. > No, use the CD driver. It should attach as 7 drives, switching > when you access the different LUNS. The ch driver is a media > changer, I think like the Exabyte stacker. > This is Hellmuth's notorious Nakamichi drive that needs a > fix to work properly, though I bet that one that BDE posted is the > right one. this drive costs $129 at CSC (408-734-disk). they are selling a Nakamichi scsi-ii fast, 2x, 256kB buffer unit. the price and number of cdroms is great. but will it work???? i want to use it with an ncr53c810 that built into my asus sp3g motherboard. in 2.1.0-R /sys/pci/ncr.c: "#define MAX_LUN (1)" gack!!! jmb Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG play go. ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life i am moving to a new job. PLEASE USE: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG