SUMMARY: Where can I get CD-ROM driver code for Panasonic x8

From: Xihong Yang <yang_at_nevis1.nevis.columbia.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:51:53 +0000 (GMT)

Big thanks to
        Tom Rioux <rioux_at_ip6480nl.ce.utexas.edu>
        David Warren <warren_at_atmos.washington.edu>
        Alan Rollow <alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com>
        Tom Blinn <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>

My original question is:
> Is there any place online I can get the driver code for Panasonic
> 8x SCSI CD-ROM. If not, how to write the driver code? What information do
> I need to write a CD-ROM driver code?

answers:
Dr. Warren and Dr. Rollow suggested to check the CD-ROM drive sector size.
UNIX requires 512 byte sector size.

Dr. Blinn, Dr. Rioux and Dr. Rollow suggested to check if CDFS is built in
kernel, e.g. grep -i cdfs /sys/conf/<HOSTNAME>

Dr. Blinn said the current Digital UNIX OS may not support Panasonic CD-ROM
drive, but there will be some great improvements in a future release
(v4.0d?).

Suggestion from Dr. Warren and Dr. Blinn is return this CD-ROM drive to
vendor and buy another one from Digital brand.

-- Xihong

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