On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Riley Williams wrote: > Hi Hal. > > >>> This box w/Slack8.0/2.4.18; running AOK with an Atapi ZIP250 > >>> internal, as /dev/sda4, as long as I insmod ide-scsi.o.. > >>> (That file also installs sd_mod.o ).. > > >> You're doing this wrong. I have the Atapi Zip100 internal. It > >> does not need the ide-scsi.co. Just set it up like this: > >> > >> /dev/hdc4 /zip auto noauto,user 0 0 > >> > >> You only need the scsi stuff when using the external type Zip > >> (which I also have). > > > Greetings and - Gad Zooks.. Where did you discover the above? > > Everything I've read about ZIP drives say they _must_ use scsi > > emulation.. > > SCSI emulation is needed for PARALLEL PORT and SCSI INTERFACE zip > drives only - and NOT for ATAPI IDE zip drives - UNLESS you included > the string "hdc=ide-scsi" as a kernel parameter. If you did that, > then you told the kernel to use the ide-scsi driver to access the > drive in the secondary master IDE position independent of whether > such was necessary or not. > Doesn't scsi emulation also apply to USB Zip (and other IDE) devices as well? I have an external Zip100 drive that plugs into the computer via USB, and it appears under the /dev/sdaX node. It shows up as a scsi device, even though it's apparently using some sort of IDE to USB trickery - which makes me believe that these also use scsi emulation. I could be seriously miscomprehending - an ever-present danger to my semi computer-literate cognitive apparatus.
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