This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_cXDu48L7ZX6xiXa0ErgOdA) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I got the problem fixed! Thanks to a great suggestion by Hans, I just ran fdisk -l on all of the possible devices. After that a quick fstab change and I'm set, no worries! Thanks for everyone's help. Cheers, Kirt -----Original Message----- From: Don Livingston [mailto:deljr@compuserve.com] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 4:44 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us Subject: RE: Zip drive issue > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:54:25 -0700 > From: William Karl > Subject: RE: Zip drive issue > > It's just an IDE CD-ROM. I know that for some > CD-RWs, you need to load SCSI > modules of some sort. This is just a straight up > CD drive. Can't figure out > why it seems to be loaded on a SCSI bus. The CD > works though. My guess is that the kernel was compiled with SCSI emulation turned on. In Mandrake 7.1 in order to get CD-RWs to work, you had to recompile with that emulation. My guess is that they did that so software written to work with SCSI CD-RWs would work with IDE interfaces. Actually I half expected the next version of Mandrake to just automatically choose that approach so that CD-RWs would work, now that they are so common. Perhaps that is the case with your installation? All the best, Don. ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --Boundary_(ID_cXDu48L7ZX6xiXa0ErgOdA) Content-type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable RE: Zip drive issue

I got the problem fixed! Thanks to a great suggestion = by Hans, I just ran fdisk -l on all of the possible devices. After that = a quick fstab change and I'm set, no worries! Thanks for everyone's = help.

Cheers, Kirt

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Livingston [mailto:deljr@compuserve.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 4:44 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Subject: RE: Zip drive issue


> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:54:25 -0700
> From: William Karl = <k.karl@asu.edu>
> Subject: RE: Zip drive issue
>
> It's just an IDE CD-ROM. I know that for = some
> CD-RWs, you need to load SCSI
> modules of some sort. This is just a straight = up
> CD drive. Can't figure out
> why it seems to be loaded on a SCSI bus. The = CD
> works though.

My guess is that the kernel was compiled with SCSI = emulation
turned on.  In Mandrake 7.1 in order to get = CD-RWs to work,
you had to recompile with that emulation.  My = guess is that
they did that so software written to work with SCSI = CD-RWs
would work with IDE interfaces.  Actually I = half expected
the next version of Mandrake to just automatically = choose
that approach so that CD-RWs would work, now that = they are
so common.  Perhaps that is the case with your = installation?

All the best, Don.

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