On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > > 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. ok, i'd suspected something along those lines, i just wanted to make sure. thanks. rday -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
