Re: SCSI DVDs, any models to avoid?

From: DoN. Nichols (dnichols_at_d-and-d.com)
Date: 06/10/05 

Date: 10 Jun 2005 13:43:57 -0400

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0506101659020.9401-100000@anahata.ma.ic.ac.uk>,
andy thomas <andy.thomas@ic.ac.uk> wrote:
>On 6 Jun 2005, Doug McIntyre wrote:
>
>> John Burns <john@unixnerd.demon.co.uk> writes:
>> >Who supplies the SCSI DVDs for Suns? Toshiba? I know there's one Toshiba
>> >model that has an issue booting OS CDs.
>>
>> >Basically wondering if most SCSI DVDs work OK.
>>
>> There aren't many vendors of SCSI based DVDs, especially now-a-days.
>> I've had zero problems with Pioneer though. They've worked well on my
>> Sun machines.
>
>Yamaha do a SCSI to IDE interface card that piggy-backs onto their CD and
>DVD IDE-bus drives, allowing them to be used as full SCSI drives.

        A company named ACARD also makes a series of such bridge cards.

> I don't
>know if this interface converter works with drives from other makes or how
>well these converter/drive combinations work in Suns but it works fine
>under FreeBSD on an x86 PC box.

        It is possible to boot & install from one of these, so I think
that it is good enough.

        Enjoy,
                DoN. 

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