No, if it was mounted by the host then the client wouldn't be able to use
it!!!
Anyway, it worked just fine in bochs un-mounted, and bochs is where that
chunk of code comes from. As I said, I haven't tried it yet, but it will
probably work (with some i/o bugs.........).
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Bryan Meredith
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 3:45 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: CD-ROM Access (and Printing stuff...)
>
>
> Drew Northup wrote:
>
> > I'm testing the CD-ROM stuff right now......., don't expect it
> to work right
> > quite yet though.......
> >
> > Drew Northup, N1XIM
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > > Of Michael Madore
> >
> > Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 8:47 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: CD-ROM Access
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does CD-ROM access work in plex86? I installed CD-ROM
> drivers under DOS
> > > 6.22 in plex86 but it doesn't work. I'm using the following line to
> > > specify the CD-ROM in my configuration file:
> > >
> > > bochs-opt cdromd: dev="/dev/cdrom", status=inserted
> > >
>
> Shouldn't the cdrom be mounted and the mount point specified????
> i.e.
> mount /dev/cdrom /mnt cdrom
> bochs-opt cdromd: dev="/mnt/cdrom", status=inserted
>
> or I am mis-remembering????
>
>
> BTW,
>
> support for a parallel printer is on its way. With a view to earlier
> discussions, the code has hooks for someone with more time to
> implement a port
> emulation rather than just printer on a port emulation. Tim, if
> you are still
> out there and interested, give me a shout and I'll forward my
> stuff to you as
> soon as I can check that what I have works (It worked under bochs
> but I haven't
> finished the port yet).
>
>
> Bryan
>
>
