From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 2 14:02:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03047 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 14:02:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA03039 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 14:02:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-121.laker.net [208.0.233.21]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id RAA02113; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 17:00:57 -0400 Message-Id: <199809022100.RAA02113@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Hebel, Mike" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 17:00:58 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.00.1500) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: FW: Panasonic CD-ROM installation and no response from your t ech support... Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 15:43:03 -0500, Hebel, Mike wrote: >Walnut Creek is not a free organization >and should support at least technical installations issues properly. They really aren't qualified to support it beyond replacing defective media, etc. I don't see any technical info in these threads regarding the actual problem. I understand that it's a Panasonic with an AT interface. Actually, most people are vague on these things. Is it connected to a Soundblaster or to a real IDE interface. The reason I ask, is because in the early days on adding CD-ROM support, most companies used proprietary interfaces that somewhat resemble ATA. Try posting your questions here, and we'll take a shot... Keep in mind that some old hardware may not be supported and you probably won't find anyone interested in spending their free time adding support for an old, quirky, proprietary device. They'd rather spend their free time adding support for new, standard, way cool stuff. Regardless of what operating system you run, you have to live within the bounds of supported hardware. I have been using Winblows, OS/Blue and Linux, and FreeBSD for quite some time. It's frustrating to find hardware that will work under each and every one of them. So let's begin anew... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message