Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 14:17:01 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: blair@oddis.cyber-naut.com (Blair Schmittel) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about the CDRom Message-ID: <199601040347.OAA09904@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601032158.OAA03059@oddis.cyber-naut.com> from "Blair Schmittel" at Jan 3, 96 02:58:09 pm
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Blair Schmittel stands accused of saying: > I have a client that is buying the FreeBSD Cd-Rom from Walnut Creek. > One problem, he doesn't have SCSI CD-Rom drive. He says it isn't IDE > either. I was thinking ATAPI, he said it had a 16 pin ribbon ccable. If it has a 16-pin ribbon, it's a proprietary interface of some unknown type. > Anyway, saying this is ATAPI, what are the chances that it will > install (being ATAPI suport is still experimental) correctly? I > figure he'll have problems anyway because he is a novice UNIX user > anyway. It's not ATAPI if it has a 16-pin cable. "IDE" and "ATAPI" are close to synonymous when it comes to CDroms, if I understand things correctly. > Blair -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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