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authorSimon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org>2011-08-21 14:34:03 +0000
committerSimon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org>2011-08-21 14:34:03 +0000
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Minor cleanup of ancient devices which it's very unlikely anyone cares
about (and if they do the Hardware Notes are the relevant place to look). - Remove section about Jaz and Zip drives. - Remove list of ancient CD-ROM drives.
Notes
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@@ -2356,41 +2356,8 @@
<answer>
<para>Any SCSI drive connected to a supported controller is
+ supported. Most ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs are
supported.</para>
-
- <para>The following proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are also
- supported:</para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Mitsumi LU002 (8-bit), LU005 (16-bit) and FX001D
- (16-bit 2x Speed).</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Sony CDU 31/33A</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Sound Blaster Non-SCSI CD-ROM</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <para>All non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow
- compared to SCSI drives, and some ATAPI CD-ROMs may not
- work.</para>
-
- <para>The official &os; CD-ROM ISO, and CD-ROMs from Daemon
- News and &os; Mall, support booting directly from the
- CD.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -2410,66 +2377,6 @@
your kernel.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
-
- <qandaentry>
- <question id="zip-support">
- <para>Does &os; support &iomegazip; drives?</para>
- </question>
-
- <answer>
- <para>&os; supports SCSI and ATAPI (IDE) &iomegazip; drives
- out of the box. SCSI ZIP drives can only be set to run at
- SCSI target IDs 5 or 6, but if your SCSI host adapter's
- BIOS supports it you can even boot from it. It is not
- clear which host adapters support booting from targets
- other than 0 or 1, so you will have to consult your
- adapter's documentation if you would like to use this
- feature.</para>
-
- <para>&os; also supports Parallel Port Zip Drives. Check
- that your kernel contains the
- <devicename>scbus0</devicename>,
- <devicename>da0</devicename>,
- <devicename>ppbus0</devicename>, and
- <devicename>vp0</devicename> drivers (the
- <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel contains everything
- except <devicename>vp0</devicename>). With all these
- drivers present, the Parallel Port drive should be available
- as <devicename>/dev/da0s4</devicename>. Disks can be
- mounted using <command>mount /dev/da0s4 /mnt</command> OR
- (for DOS disks) <command>mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s4 /mnt</command>
- as appropriate.</para>
-
- <para>Also check out <link linkend="media-change">the FAQ on
- removable drives</link> later in this chapter, and <link
- linkend="removable-drives">the note on
- <quote>formatting</quote></link>in the Administration
- chapter.</para>
- </answer>
- </qandaentry>
-
- <qandaentry>
- <question id="jaz-zip-removable-support">
- <para>Does &os; support &jaz;, EZ and other removable
- drives?</para>
- </question>
-
- <answer>
- <para>They work. Most of these are SCSI devices, so they
- look like SCSI disks to &os;. The IDE EZ looks like an IDE
- drive.</para>
-
- <para>Make sure that any external units are powered on when
- booting the system.</para>
-
- <para><anchor id="media-change">To change the media while
- running, check out &man.mount.8;, &man.umount.8;, and
- &man.camcontrol.8; (for SCSI devices) or &man.atacontrol.8;
- (for IDE devices), plus the <link
- linkend="removable-drives">discussion on using removable drives</link>
- later in the FAQ.</para>
- </answer>
- </qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</sect1>