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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:11:59 +0100
From: "Prakash K. Cheemplavam" <PrakashKC@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 021 release
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walt wrote:
> Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
> 
>> walt wrote:
>>
>>> Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I insert a zip the /dev for the partition doesn't get created 
>>>> (ie hdd4, fdisk shows it though).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My Zips always show up as /dev/sda4 (scsi disks).
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you have SCSI support compiled in? For me it doesn't (I have no 
>> SCSI support in, as well.) Are you using a USB ZIP? I have a ATAPI 
>> ZIP, so it makes no sense appearing as a SCSI device.
> 
> 
> Yes, I have SCSI support compiled into the kernel, and SCSI-disk as well.
> If you have SCSI/SCSI-disk support compiled as modules they should be 
> loaded
> automatically.
> 
> As far as I know all Zip drives are SCSI devices disguised as parallel/USB/
> IDE devices, but all required SCSI-disk support because that is what they
> really are underneath the disguise.
> 
> Try it and see what happens.

Nope, I don't think so, because before udev with the evil devfs 
/dev/hdd4 appeared...

So, unless you have a ATAPI ZIp on your own, I won't bother trying SCSI.

bye,

Prakash
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