From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 22:57:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA01716 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:57:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line6.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA01711 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:57:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00354; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:57:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 22:57:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: relliott@205.242.74.10 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compatible CD-ROM Drives for FreeBSD (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I don't think the ip address will work as an email address. On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Jamil Weatherbee wrote: > I am running FreeBSD on a 386-40sx processor which I installed by making > floppy disks from the CD to do the install. I currently do not have a > CD-ROM drive on my computer running FreeBSD and am unable to use the rest > of the software on the CD. I would like a list of models of CD-ROM drives > 2x, 4x or 6x speed which have been successfully installed and perform > efficiently. I would appreciate a list of manufacturer, location, > telephone number, models, speed and any other pertinent information. I > have been unable to locate a Matsushita CR-562 or CR-563 Probably because they are out of production. Most ATAPI drives will work with sufficient prodding (moving around on the IDE channel(s)). SCSI is a better way to go if you can afford it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major