NEC 4x4 CD-ROM

NEC 4x4 CD-ROM

Post by Mathew E. Kirsc » Tue, 19 Aug 1997 04:00:00





> >Anyone know where to find drivers for this CD-ROM. Ihaven't seen it listed in
> >any incompatibility list, yet I haven't been able to find drivers for it.

> I'm interested too.  All I've found so far is a reference to use the
> "eject command mentioned earlier" in the CD-ROM HowTo.

Don't think so linearly. When a command is mentioned in a HOWTO, and you
don't know what it is or how it works, use the "man" command to view the
manual page on that command. Granted, it won't explain everything, but
you should be able to glean enough information from it to figure out how
to switch disks with the -c switch.

FYI, the NEC 4x4 works fine with Linux and the ATAPI/IDE CDROM driver,
but you can only mount one CDROM at a time. To use the CDs in the other
slots of the drive, you have to umount the drive, and switch disks with
the eject command.

 
 
 

1. NEC 4x4 CD-ROM

: Anyone know where to find drivers for this CD-ROM. Ihaven't seen it listed in
: any incompatibility list, yet I haven't been able to find drivers for it.
:

You don't need drivers for it.  Use 'eject -c x' where 0 <= x <= 3 to switch
discs; you must unmount the CD-ROM first, though.  Also, you must unmount the
disc to eject it from the drive.

I'm running an NEC 4x4 on my P166 - it works fine.

Here's a Tcl/Tk script that comes in handy... my drive is /dev/hdb.

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#! /usr/bin/wish -f

# CD Changer Remote Control
# Russ Price, 8-10-97

for {set i 0} {$i < 4} {incr i} {
        button .t$i -text "Disc $i" -command "
                exec umount /dev/hdb
                exec eject -c $i
                exec mount /dev/hdb
        "
        pack .t$i -side left
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