From: Eberhard Moenkeberg (emoenke@gwdu03.gwdg.de)
Date: 08/08/93


From: emoenke@gwdu03.gwdg.de (Eberhard Moenkeberg)
Subject: Re: CM 205 no good for linux?
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1993 19:59:07 GMT

Kenneth Brunsen (kenbo@pencom.com) wrote:
: > I have never seen the Philips/LASER MAGNETICS CM 205 mentioned under
: > LINUX. (CD-ROM drive)

: I have this CD drive on my Gateway machine (486DX2-66) at home. I think
: linux doesn't support it because its IDE, not SCSI. I'd love to see linux
: eventually support it. In the mean time, I'm working on creating my own
: driver for it.
: Hasta!

Tell us if it's ready for ALPHA testing... The fruits of your privacy
belong to the community.

It is possible to create a Linux driver without having the device specs -
just based on disassembly of the DOS driver stuff. You can trust me, my
son. :-)

Greetings ... Eberhard