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russ loroville wrote:
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> 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