Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:22:57 -0500 | From | Tim Walberg <> | Subject | Re: ide-scsi emulation question |
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On 08/04/1999 15:25 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote: >> >> AFAIK, you can't get just the ZIP drive working with IDE-SCSI. I know >> that with CDROM drives, if you compile in IDE CD support, it gets used >> instead of the IDE-SCSI. So, you leave out IDE CD support, include >> IDE-SCSI, and include SCSI CD. In this case, you'd have to leave out IDE >> disk support, which means that your hard drive would be using IDE SCSI >> (which I don't think will work as hard drives aren't ATAPI). Just include >> the IDE Floppy support to get your IDE zip working :) >>
Maybe others have had better luck with the IDE Zip as IDE Floppy configuration; I've had no luck at all with it - including several kernel hangs in the ext2fs code (but not related to ext2fs - related to the IDE Floppy API and it's mismatch with the Zip drive functionality). I've also seen several FAQs stating that using ide-scsi is the best way to get an IDE Zip working reliably.
Meanwhile, it does work fine with the IDE code running my hard drive(s) and CD-ROM, and the ide-scsi running the Zip. The only nuisance is the need to manually do an 'insmod scsi_mod; insmod ide-scsi' in the startup files. I had to exclude the IDE Floppy code from the kernel/modules.
tw
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