From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 4 14:06:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA27104 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 14:06:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from k6n1.znh.org (dialup19.gaffaneys.com [208.155.161.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA27092 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 14:06:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zach@gaffaneys.com) Received: (from zach@localhost) by k6n1.znh.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA79876; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 22:05:39 GMT (envelope-from zach) Message-ID: <19981204160539.A79347@znh.org> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:05:39 -0600 From: Zach Heilig To: Dan Janowski , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does DVD emulate CDROM? References: <199812041829.NAA17103@fnur.3skel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199812041829.NAA17103@fnur.3skel.com>; from Dan Janowski on Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 01:29:49PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 01:29:49PM -0500, Dan Janowski wrote: > I understand that FreeBSD does not support DVD functionality, > but can it deal with a DVD as a CDROM without a problem? > Specifically I am looking at laptops and the good ones > now come with DVDs only. I'm pretty sure I saw a message from JKH offering hardware to anyone who can fix DVD compatibility (some Creative Labs hardware). I have a couple questions as well: Do SCSI DVD players automatically work? I could see a problem with playing DVD movies, but perhaps not reading data. Is that what's meant about a 'cdrom' emulation mode? Since 'cdrecord' supports SCSI-DVD, at least writing a DVD-RAM should work. -- Zach Heilig (zach@gaffaneys.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message