From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 30 18:17:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA18077 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:17:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from nexgen.n4hhe.ampr.org (max7-124.HiWAAY.net [206.104.17.124]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA18070 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:17:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dkelly@localhost) by nexgen.n4hhe.ampr.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA12664; Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:17:37 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.5-alpha [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <32776C5D.553C@loop.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:05:29 -0600 (CST) Organization: Amateur Radio N4HHE, Madison, AL. From: David Kelly To: Bill Bartley Subject: RE: Disappointed by lack of ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM support Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 12:55:25 Bill Bartley wrote: >>Hi, > >I am writing to let you know why I could not consider using >FreeBSD on my home machine -- the lack of ATAPI/IDE cdrom >support. > >The online docs say that the drivers are considered "ALPHA" quality. > >They also say verbatim what they said when I first inquired about >FreeBSD nearly two years ago. > >Couldn't any progress have been made on the cdrom drivers in two >years? Well, whats your excuse FOR NOT FIXING THE ATAPI STUFF YOURSELF? Its not as if anyone's feelings are going to be hurt because you are not using FreeBSD. And heck, keep in mind FreeBSD is essentially a volunteer effort. Volunteers don't work on projects because somebody like you WANTS it, they do it because THEY want it. If you want each and every little PC gadget and quirk suppored on your PC then you've got to run Microsoft's products. Or Linux, as there is very little PC-ish stuff that Linux doesn't lovingly adopt, no matter how poorly its documented or implemented (hint: ATAPI). However, *I* tried FreeBSD with a Sony ATAPI CDROM, it seemed to work fine, so I bought the drive: wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 0 (atapi): , removable, accel, dma, iordy wcd0: 689Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 256 volume levels, ejectable tray wcd0: no disc inside, unlocked Haven't hardly used it since. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@tomcat1.tbe.com (wk), dkelly@hiwaay.net (hm) ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.