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Date:      Wed, 03 Jan 2001 18:12:55 +1100
From:      Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>
To:        Graham Wheeler <gramster@mweb.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /dev/ad* versus /dev/wd*
Message-ID:  <3A52D0F7.2D89F1E7@quake.com.au>
References:  <200101030700.f0370ge11931@wheelerz.mweb.co.za>

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Graham Wheeler wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> The other day I wanted to try get my IDE CD-R drive working on FreeBSD 4-S.
> I noticed that the old /dev/wd* drivers have been replaced it seems with a
> new ATAPI driver, /dev/ad*, which doesn't seem to support IDE CD-Rs; however,
> the wd driver is still present but disabled.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> * what are the pros and cons of these two drivers?
> 
> * is it possible to use the new ad driver with an IDE CD-R drive to record?


Yes ad is the new driver and has been used since 4.0 or maybe earlier...
IDE CD-R's work fine... Have you tried writing a cd?
man burncd is your answer I think...


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