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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
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- Subject: Re: Which CD-ROM under Unix (SVR4)?
- Keywords: cd-rom sony unix svr4
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.145921.11609@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 14:59:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.171202.784@lpds.sublink.org>, wally@lpds.sublink.org (Walter Pelissero) writes:
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- | I phoned to Sony Italia asking for such a beast but somone explained
- | me that there is only one unit they sell. It is the CDU-6211. When I
- | asked him whether that unit is compatible with Unix (I'm planning to
- | buy a SVR4), he answered: "We sell the CD-ROM in our kit, which
- | contains a SCSI adapter for Pc-AT, cables, and Dos device drivers. We
- | have never tried to install it on a different OS." (sigh)
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- First, be sure the V.4 you intend to buy supports CD. The one major
- feature missing in Dell is that they don't support CD, or rather they
- support the CD just fine, as long as you use it as a raw device and
- don't mind writing your own filesystem.
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- I have solved this by having an SCO ODT machine on my net which can
- export the CD, but that may not be a practical solution for most people.
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