Re: [PATCH] cdrom access patch

[Christian Franke]

Vesa Jääskeläinen wrote:
> Bean wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:58 AM, Vesa Jääskeläinen <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Bean wrote:
> > >  > Hi,
> > >  >
> > >  > I have an idea, why not have both names, (hdN) and (cd), hopefully
> > >  > this will make everyone happy.
> > >  >
> > >
> > >  Hi Bean,
> > >
> > >  I think I suggested it already ;)
> > >
> > >  Device alias is ok for me :) (and use of cd[nro] is more favorable).
> >
> > Ok, the new patch add (cd0) alias for cdrom device, the corresponding
> > (hdN) is also present.
>
> I am just wondering that this implementation is limited to cd0, you 
> cannot have cd1.
Apparently, a (typical) BIOS does not provide access to any CD drive 
except the boot CD.
If booted from floppy, HDD, or floppy emulation CD, no CD can be accessed.

So it probably does not make sense to add cd1,... support to biosdisk.

Christian