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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: CD Driver
Date: 17 Nov 1996 09:16:16 GMT
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brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) wrote:

> Well, I havn't tried anything yet, but I've got a "Pinnacle Micro" cdr
> that I plan to get working this weekend.  If you have no joy within
> the next week, drop me a line and I'll share my experiences.

I have heard that Pinacle Micro uses a command sequence that differs
much from the one implemented in FreeBSD's worm driver.  Hence, it
will certainly be quite a little more than a weekend-project. :)

There used to be one who's already got this in the queue, but i
eventually forgot his name.  Ask on the mailinglists for him (or
search in the mailinglist archive for `Pinacle' -- include `hackers'
and `scsi').

> I think you're looking for the od driver

Nope, that one's for MO disks. :)  The `worm' driver is basically
what handles CD-R drives.  By now, only HP, Philips, and Plasmon
models.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)