NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/unix/amiga/2114

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Subject: Re: CD-ROM Under UNIX
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 01:42:15 PDT
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Unfortunately, installing a file system under Unix is typically a much
more involved affair than under AmigaDos, most likely requiring much in
the way of kernel hackery.  It is unlikely that a third party vendor
will ever provide CDROM support under Amiga Unix.  Commodore I'm sure
could but wether they will is an entirely different matter.  I picked a 2
CDROM set of Unix software from the Prime Time Freeware folks:
[phone] (I actually got it at Stacey's in Cupertino).  Included
in the set is a utility ala. the mtools set for reading msdos disks
that uses raw device access to allow access to an ISO-9660 file system.
Unfortunately I have not yet successfully gotten it to work with Amiga
Unix.  However, the stumbling block in this case is the scsi disk driver
for which full source is included thus circumvention of the problem should
be possible.  Speculating from a position of total ignorance, it might
be as simple as the fact that the driver is used to dealing with drives
of < 50ms access time where CDROMS have access times > 250ms.  It is a
pain, however.

David Albrecht