Re: devfs

root (root@ohwig03.houston.omnes.net)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 13:57:45 -0600 (CST)

> So how do you classify something like the PD drives found on recent
> Compaqs and other machines? They're a combined drive that accepts both
> CD-ROMs and rewritable optical disks. Under NT, they have two separate
> drive letters. Are you suggesting that we have two devices for the same
> drive, one in /dev/cdrom, one in /dev/scsi (or whatever)? I don't even
> know if the drive is supported at all under Linux, but the principle
> is there.

well, on my system, the PD drive shows up as both a scsi drive and
a scsi cdrom...

scsi0: Scanning channel A for devices.
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST15150N Rev: 0019
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Vendor: MATSHITA Model: PD-1 LF-1000 Rev: A109
Type: Optical Device ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0
Vendor: MATSHITA Model: PD-1 LF-1000 Rev: A109
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 1
Vendor: iomega Model: jaz 1GB Rev: J.83
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 3 SCSI disks total.