> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tue, July 22, 2003 11:24 AM > To: Red Hat 9 mailing list > Subject: SCSI emulation for USB zip drivers? is it necessary? > > > > given that it's possible to ditch SCSI emulation for IDE CD-RWs > and use the IDE device directly, is there something analogous for > USB zip drives? (and possible other SCSI lookalike devices?) > > currently, of course, a USB zip drive is typically available > through /dev/sda4, so one still needs SCSI disk emulation to > access one. is there an alternative that does not require > SCSI support? or is one still stuck with that for the time > being? I don't know about USB zip drives, but parallel ones are actually SCSI devices, they have a SCSI chip inside. Hence kernel sees them as SCSI devices (BTW, it's same in windows, so it's not just linux issue). I believe that USB zip drives are also SCSI. Pavel. > > rday > > p.s. i'm trying to remember if accessing a CF memory card thru > a PCMCIA CF adapter also required a SCSI device access, but my > memory is failing me at the moment. > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
