From owner-freebsd-emulation Tue Nov 26 22: 7:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0961C37B401 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:07:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.yumyumyum.org (dsl092-171-091.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.171.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A3C043EAF for ; Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:07:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from culverk@yumyumyum.org) Received: from alpha.yumyumyum.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alpha.yumyumyum.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAR64nrv035868 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:04:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from culverk@yumyumyum.org) Received: from localhost (culverk@localhost) by alpha.yumyumyum.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id gAR64ncS035865 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:04:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from culverk@yumyumyum.org) X-Authentication-Warning: alpha.yumyumyum.org: culverk owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:04:49 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Culver To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Linux cdrom block device Message-ID: <20021127010251.B35654-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=X_AUTH_WARNING,NO_MX_FOR_FROM,AWL version=2.31 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Does anyone know if it is possible to emulate the cdrom block device for linux emulation? FreeBSD right now has only character devices, but several linux programs that directly access the cdrom device require block devices, so I was wondering if there was a way to create a device node for linux that's a block device for the cdrom drive. Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message