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author | Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-08-21 14:34:03 +0000 |
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committer | Simon L. B. Nielsen <simon@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-08-21 14:34:03 +0000 |
commit | 99bb02aff2ef89a799d1f05cf6abeb8d32c771f1 (patch) | |
tree | c674c712272e0e325c2ae058009ef91c22b6d251 /en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq | |
parent | f97ba759bb2dda6688d4fcb398fbcd0ea1b87a13 (diff) | |
download | doc-99bb02aff2ef89a799d1f05cf6abeb8d32c771f1.tar.gz doc-99bb02aff2ef89a799d1f05cf6abeb8d32c771f1.zip |
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
Notes:
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index a465ea9ffe..3ef70efacc 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -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> |