Lazar Fleysher wrote: > > > > Could some one tell me how to find if a given kernel release supports > > > > certain append option. In particular, I am interested in > > > > 2.0.36 supports ide-scsi option. > > > > I use 2.0.35 and it has it. I use it for my IDE PD-CD drive, and > > have been for about two years (first as a patch to the kernel, I think). > > > > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y > > > > What I meant is: is it possible to use ide driver and scsi emulation (on > different ide devices of course) under 2.0.x kernel?
Ah, sorry. > I have two cdroms > both atapi. And I have read that it is possible to access them as scsi > devices using ide-scsi emulation. However, when I do that, only one cdrom > is detected. So I thought, I'd run scsi emulation on one of them and > regular ide on the other. However, I do not see such kind of support under > 2.0.x. Maybe it is impossible...? I don't know. > PS What is PD-CD drive? Drives manufactured about 2 to 3 years ago, mostly by Panasonic, and available on certain Compaq PCs of that time (and other brands). The drive reads a CD or a cartrigde called a PD. The cartridge is square and contains a CD-sized disk that is 650MB rewritable. Contrary to CD-RW, you don't write ISO images on them, but rather use them like hard disks (or Zips). I typically reformat them ext2 and store Linux stuff on them. The device is still sold, but never really took off. It was too expensive. There was only a little extra to pay to get it on a new computer, but they were sold separately for something like US$450 two years ago. The cartridges were about $30 each, so quite expensive too. I'm happy I have it, because now I can buy cartridges for it for about US$8. That's a bit more that CD-RW disks, but there are more convenient. The units are now 24X or so, and can be bought for US$340. Peter