Re: IDE/ATAPI

From: Christoph Hellwig (chhellwig@gmx.net)
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 03:18:04 EST

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On Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 09:43:29PM -0600, bbehm@iname.com wrote:
> > I am curious why Linux uses a generic IDE/ATAPI for almost all
> > cdroms (IDE/ATAPI) and Windows requires new drivers or seperate
> > drivers for each drive?
>
> Actually, if Windows won't recognise your drive, you'll just get the standard
> IDE/ATAPI driver. WinNT (and presumably 2000, though I've never used it) uses the
> same approach as Linux -- SCSI emulation over ATAPI.

Linux doesn't use this by default. You _can_ do this, but you don't have to.

Christoph

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