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... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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