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From: schilling@fokus.gmd.de (Joerg Schilling)
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Subject: Re: Cdrecord (was HP 6020 drive compatibility)
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>From tiago@eps.ufsc.br Wed Dec 10 21:17:40 1997

>> Joerg Wunsch writes:
>> 
>> >Only very slowly.  You could also have a look at Joerg Schilling's
>> >cdrecord tool, it's in the ports collection, and basically bypasses
>> >the kernel driver.
>> 
>> Wrong: Cdrecord does not bypass the kernel driver!
>> 
>> Cdrecord uses the SCSI kernel driver to send SCSI commands to the drive.
>> The way cdrecord does this, is the only portable way across different
>> UNIX platforms.
>> 
>> 	FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD
>	^^^^^^^ -> is there any plan for supporting ATAPI CD recorders
>under FreeBSD?

Cdrecord-1.6a7 already supports ATAPI devices. If the FreeBSD hackers
provide me with a working ATAPI SCSI emulation. you will be able
to use it instantely.

Joerg

http://www.fokus.gmd.de/usr/schilling	ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix