Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!m2.dseg.ti.com!ief!robertw From: robertw@ief.itg.ti.com (Robert Wallace ) Subject: Re: Which Linux CD-Rom Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Aug 1994 14:05:37 GMT References: <319l4j$ahq@werple.apana.org.au> Organization: IEF Development, Texas Instruments Inc., Plano Texas. X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 30 ACC Corp. (info@acc-corp.com) wrote: : In Article <319l4j$ahq@werple.apana.org.au>, dtreloar@werple.apana.org.au : (Darren Treloar) wrote: : >Hi All, : > : >I am after a Linux CD-Rom which must be compatible the following devices [...] : > Colorado 250mb Jumbo Tape Backup drive using the floppy interface : The first two items on your list are not a problem. You might want to ask : on comp.os.linux.help about the Colorado Tape unit. In general, devices are : the responsibility of the kernel, so most Linux CD's support the same list : of devices. The only exception are older CD's that by definition will not : include all the "latest" drivers. [ ... ] : Cheers, Bob. The Yggdrasil release contains an experimental (i.e. unsupported) driver for floppy interfaced tape drives. I don't know about the other releases. Unfortunately for me and others, none of the Linux releases that I'm aware of support Diamond video cards (I have a viper) since Diamond refuses to release their interface specs. Does anyone know if any of the Linux releases have VESA support ? Robert Wallace robertw@ief.itg.ti.com