In article <07113002034056_202647DE@antinode.org>, sms@antinode.org (Steven M. Schweda) writes:
>From: winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing)
>
>> >> The CD drive reports itself as CD-224E 9.9A and looks like the OEM
>> >> drive.
>> >
>> > Teac, or was it as reticent/vague-about-details as you?
>>
>> I can't really tell easily. The faceplate matches the battleship-gray box of
>> the DS10. The drive is in a cage (with two other drives) which I don't see how
>> to remove, and I can't see any details on the CD. I'm way more of a software
>> person than a hardware person.
>
> Around here, ">>>SHOW DEVICE" reveals things like the maker:
>
>dqa0.0.0.107.0 DQA0 SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A 1.73
>

When I said it reported itself as CD-224E 9.9A, I meant that's what was in the
string on >>> SHOW DEVICE.

Maybe this means the CD is messed up.


>> I'll see if someone around here has a SCSI drive.
>
> Or break up an old PC and extract its IDE drive. It's just that if
>you have one, an external drive can be easier to attach.
>

That's probably at the limit of my hardware skills.

-- Alan