[rescue] External CDROM drive for Indigo2

[Linc Fessenden]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:

> "Linc Fessenden" <linc at thelinuxlink.net> updates us with ....
> 
> > On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> >
> > > If you want something that will play CD-audio-over-SCSI, you're pretty
> much
> > > limited to early Toshiba drives or SGI OEM drives.  There are several
> files
> > > on the 'net discussing what drives work to what extent, and how to
> modify
> > > the early generic Toshibas to boot SGIs and do audio-over-SCSI.
> >
> > Not at all true.. My Plextor (12x?) does this just dandy on Irix 5.3.
> 
> Well, crap.  I wonder why my Plextor 20x didn't do it when I tried it?
> 
> What's the real model number on the model you have?
> 
> -Shel

Whoops! After close exam I find I have not been using my plextor at all
but a Toshiba xm-4101b.  Anyhow I just dug out my trusty Plextor Plex12/20
px20tsi and it plays through the scsi bus as well..  No probs.. (well
other than the crappy cd I put in there to test with :-)

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-Linc Fessenden

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