Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.4/2.6 - ATAPI Zip problem in SCSI mode (DEVFS) | From | Ali Akcaagac <> | Date | Sun, 31 Aug 2003 19:55:58 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 19:17, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > > For 2.5 this doesn't work anymore and whenever you want to mount a Zip > > disk you need to boot Linux together with a Disk inside the Drive, so > > during boot it detects the Zip drive + the Disk. > > yes devfs was castrated in 2.6 and removable media revalidation has been > removed without providing any suitable replacement.
Ahh, thanks for letting me know this.
But this leads to the question why CD-ROM removable media revalidation works. I mean let's see an SCSI CD-ROM, an ATAPI CD-ROM (in SCSI mode) and ATAPI Zip (in SCSI mode) as *the same*.
They all have a host device (the mechanics itself), they all talk through the same interface (straight SCSI or SCSI emulation). But CD-ROM removable media revalidation works. E.g. I plug a CD in and it does the trick, the Zip should be alike in my opinion. How does a Zip as removable media differ from a CD for example.
By the way it would be pretty nice to improve devfs in this case. I also heard a while back that it will be re-written anyways. Would be cool to have a native support for that (Kernel related solution).
greetings,
A. A.
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