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Date:      Fri, 16 Jan 1998 08:18:54 -0600
From:      Tom Dillard <ldillard@spd.dsccc.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   CD-ROM support
Message-ID:  <34BF6C4E.1ED0@spd.dsccc.com>

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says that ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs are supported, but then says
 "All non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow compared to SCSI    
drives, and some ATAPI CDROMs may not work."

How would I find out if mine is supported?  I have an NEC IDE CD-ROM
(ATAPI 1.2), at least according to what WinNT tells me.

I tried booting up freeBSD on my computer last night, but it does not
seem to recognize the CD-ROM drive.  Subsequent to the screen where you
remove any device conflicts the screen goes blank and nothing else
happens.

This is while trying to boot 2.2.5 from CD.

thanks for any info on the CDs supported.
Tom
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L.T. Dillard      (972)477.8336      ldillard@spd.dsccc.com
    "I do not speak for DSC Communications Corporation,
        except in disclaiming that I speak for them."



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