Subject: Re: CDROM oddity :-)
To: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/15/1998 10:30:25
"Dr. John Refling" <refling@comet.lbl.gov> writes:

>In response to the following two posts, I had noticed the same problem---
>when I scanned the entire cd-rom's data for validity, the system would always
>crash, without any messages or warning.  This happened with the DEC RRD42.
>
>When I substituted a newer generic scsi cd drive, the problem did not occur,
>and all 650MB of data was read successfully!
>
>So, I would guess there is some strangeness with the RRD42 which NetBSD is
>not taking into consideration.

FWIW, last time I tried the RRD42 in my 5000/150 chassis it worked fine.
I'll try it again tomorrow...