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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Re: What's an optical (MO) drive?
  • Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:13:22 +1200

russ loroville wrote:
>
> He has a scsi interface for this "optical" device,
> wouldn't he need a kernel that supports scsi

Yes. Perhaps scsi.s from Slackware 7.1?

> and also the associated scsi modules?

I know nothing about scsi, but that sounds right.

> This kernel picks it up as hdd

I assume it is picked up as /dev/hdd because it is a
slave on the second IDE interface.

> but wouldn't a scsi kernel pick it up as sdd?

I would expect scsi drives to use their own cables, not
the IDE cables. But, as I say, I know nothing about scsi.

Cheers,
Steven




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