Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:59:07 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: Re: Re: Is ide-scsi + scsi-cdrom a replacement for ide-cdrom? |
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On Fri, Oct 01 1999, Jens Benecke wrote: > > > How far is the IDE changer code? Can I put a couple (four) IDE CD > > > changers into my server so that it can act as CD jukebox, and this > > > works? The disks will be (more or less) all mounted, or probably I will > > > configure autofs. It would be nice if someone could patch autofs so > > > that it mounts all CDs under /autofs/$CDROM_LABEL, any idea about this? > > I haven't worked that much with changers, but I see nothing wrong with > > the configuration. If you need all trays mounted at the same time, the > > /dev/changer patch would probably come in handy. I don't know how well it > > Where can I find about this patch?
The URL seems to be broken at the moment, but I think it is http://unfix.org/projects/changer. Or just try unfix.org and click your way in there.
> > works in real life (one could easily imagine the scenario where all the > > time would be spent changing discs and no real work would get done). > > You could also go for a big SCSI changer. > > The price is the problem. If I set up an old 486 with a IDE hard disk and > four times six CDROM slots, this will come much much cheaper than buying > one of those jukeboxes. You can get a six-times IDE changer for EUR 70. > SCSI changers start at EUR 150.
Yes, SCSI changers are not cheap!
-- * Jens Axboe <axboe@image.dk> * Linux CD-ROM Maintainer * http://www.kernel.dk
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