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From: dburr@POBoxes.com (Donald Burr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP ! Future Domain 36C70 !!
Date: 9 Jul 97 13:35:59 GMT
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"Betty Buhr" <bettyb@flamingo-code.com> writes:

>I am really confused.  This is my first experience with installing FreeBSD.
> I have looked in the hardware.txt file and see only three CDroms listed:
>    mcd0    Mitsumi CD-ROM
>    matcd0  Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM
>    scd0    Sony CD-ROM
>Does this mean that these are the only scsi cdroms that can be recognized? 
>If so, where can I get one?  If not, where do I find the config info on
>other drives?

>TIA, BettyB.

FreeBSD will support *ANY* SCSI CD-ROM, as long as it is attached to a
SCSI controller that's supported by FreeBSD.  The CD-ROM's listed above
are "proprietary" CD-ROMs (they use their own, special interface card).
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