Zip drive issue

Fri, 13 Apr 2001 08:09:23 -0700

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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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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.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Cheers, Kirt</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Don Livingston [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:deljr@compuserve.com">mailto:deljr@compuserve.com</A>]</F=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 4:44 PM</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: RE: Zip drive issue</FONT>
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&gt; Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:54:25 -0700
 &gt; From: William Karl =
&lt;k.karl@asu.edu&gt;
 &gt; Subject: RE: Zip drive issue
 &gt;
 &gt; It's just an IDE CD-ROM. I know that for =
some
 &gt; CD-RWs, you need to load SCSI
 &gt; modules of some sort. This is just a straight =
up
 &gt; CD drive. Can't figure out
 &gt; why it seems to be loaded on a SCSI bus. The =
CD
 &gt; works though.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>My guess is that the kernel was compiled with SCSI =
emulation</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>turned on.&nbsp; In Mandrake 7.1 in order to get =
CD-RWs to work,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>you had to recompile with that emulation.&nbsp; My =
guess is that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>they did that so software written to work with SCSI =
CD-RWs</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>would work with IDE interfaces.&nbsp; Actually I =
half expected</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the next version of Mandrake to just automatically =
choose</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>that approach so that CD-RWs would work, now that =
they are</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>so common.&nbsp; Perhaps that is the case with your =
installation?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>All the best, Don.</FONT>
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