Yes, both are either IDE or scsi when you use kernel mods for ide-scsi emmulation. I do it all the time, by the way. If on the other hand one device is on an IDE bus and the other on a SCSI bus, then you let each be what it is.. Either way, simply create a new mount point directory and symlink as you wish. That part is all up to you. I use /cdr and /cdrw just to keep things clear for myself. On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I'm a little confused even after reading all the docs so I could use some help > here. > I have an ide/atapi cdrom, which I have loaded as scsi because i'm getting ready > to get a cdrw in addition to the cdrom. Here are my questions: > 1. Does placement of the cdrw and cdrom matter. The person installing wants to > put them on separate ides as he says this can make the cdrw slightly faster. > this means that one of them has to be hdb and the other has to be hdc or hdd (I > would think hdc). Is it better to put the cdrw as single or primary and let the > cdrom be the slave on my first ide? > 2. Does this mean that i set up both the cdrom and the cdrw as scsi? I think I > read that if you compile both scsi and atap/ide into the kernel the atapi/ide > will take over which I don't want for the cdrw for sure. > 3. If both are to be scsi, should my cdrw be scd0 and my cdrom scd1 or does this > matter? > 4. What symlinks do I do? Right now I have /dev/cdrom linked to scd0, but is > this where the cdrw should be linked? Do I make an additional directory and > mount point so that both can be mounte? > Thanks. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
