From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 10 15:05:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA27340 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:05:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA27333 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:05:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA17709; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:06:09 -0800 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 15:06:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Harold Mah cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE CD-ROM Installation In-Reply-To: <31428EB6.4EB0@cybernex.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Harold Mah wrote: > I am considering purchasing the CD-ROM for FreeBSD 2.1, > however I would like to ask first if there would be any problems > installing it on a NEC Multispin 2vi CD-ROM IDE Drive. (It is > only IDE and not SCSI, and I am wondering if it is supported). Possibly, no guarantees. If you can, try SCSI; it's much better supported, and the transfer rates will beat any ATAPI CDROM. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major