From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 16 21:38:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA13878 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:38:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line15.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA13871 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:38:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA04443; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:37:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 21:37:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Old Sony CDROM compatibility with FreeBSD????? In-Reply-To: <199709161449.KAA21735@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys wrote: > I picked up an older Sony cdrom drive that I would like to try to adapt > to one of my FreeBSD boxes. It is a ancient thing that uses a caddy: > > Board: Sony CDB-904 8 bit card with three switch blocks of jumpers. > The date on the board is 1989. > > CDROM drive: Sony CDU-510-12 drive using disk caddies. I suspect it is > an older single-speed drive. > > 1. Is this ancient drive compatible with FreeBSD? Reading all the hardware > txt files back to 2.0.5 just indicates ``sony cdrom'' of all types. Maybe. did you give the scd driver a shot? I don't have any hints for the controller jumper settings. How about 3 (230 maybe?) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo