Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2759 mails)

[super-suser@xxxxxxxxxx (Jon Pennington)]

On Mon, 1 Nov 1999 10:59:30 -0600, frenche wrote:

> What is the purpose of
> IDE-SCSI emulation module?
> 
> What advantages are derrived from
> using it?

It's not a matter of advantage.  It's a matter of necessity.  Some devices
(such as early ATAPI Zip drives and current CD-R units) do not use the
standard IDE/ATAPI protocal, but speak SCSI instead.  The IDE-SCSI emulation
module is needed for them to work to their fullest.


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