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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!wa.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!blanket.mitre.org!sed.psrw.com!psinntp !psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!shelby.visix.com!usenet From: stevek@visix.com (Steve Kiernan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Acer 8x IDE CD-ROM Date: 19 Aug 1996 20:57:32 GMT Organization: Visix Software, Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4vakfs$314@shelby.visix.com> References: <4v9p97$9lr@news.netvision.net.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: starrion.visix.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <4v9p97$9lr@news.netvision.net.il> To: lerner@telecomm.tadiran.co.il (Jacob Lerner (2161)) In article <4v9p97$9lr@news.netvision.net.il>, lerner@telecomm.tadiran.co.il (Jacob Lerner (2161)) writes: >I am about to buy 8x Acer CD-ROM. I'd like to know >whether it works with FreeBSD or not. There is no mention of Acer >CD-ROMs in the HARDWARE file of FreeBSD. > >I heard from someone that this CD-ROM works with Linux. > >The CD-ROM is so cheap and widespread that I do not believe >I am alone in the Universe trying to use with FreeBSD. > >Please email: lerner@elecomm.tadiran.co.il > >Jacob Lerner I'm using it with 2.1.5R w/ ATAPI drivers and it runs perfectly. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen J. Kiernan | Oppinions expressed here are my own and do not stevek@visix.com | necessarily represent those of my employer. Visix Software, Inc. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------