[iyonix-support] Re: Is a DVD-drive a CD-drive?

In message <52549ad94e.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <a16091d94e.jacorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           James K White <jacorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> In message <5e508dd94e.jacorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>           James K White <jacorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 

[snip]

> No, HID is not involved, nor has SoftSCSI anything to do with it.
> 
> The modules that deal with DVDs are the same as those that deal with
> CDs. In fact, we do not have any special DVD support anyway. Some DVDs
> happen to look like CDs. These can be read because RISC OS thinks they
> are CDs. None of the modules that handle CDs/DVDs are soft-loaded, so
> even if your boot sequence was broken, it would not make any
> difference in this respect.

[snip]

> You should not need to worry about such technical details - unless
> there was any indication of anything being wrong with USB sticks,
> which is what SoftSCSI is for.

Many thanks for the clarification Martin. That just about exhausts any 
solution here, so now it's over to JWB :-}

James
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