Re: CD query

Thomas E. Dodd /CSDC (ted@cypress.com)
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:04:06 -0600

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Riley Williams wrote:
> Can I check whether my understanding of the current situation is
> correct:
>
> 1. Most (if not all) multi-changers are SCSI? I'm not aware
> of any IDE ones.

NEC-252 is a 4 disk 6x IDE changer
They made 3 changers 4x, 6x and 8x all OEM
models.

I still can't get the changer (disks 1-3)
to work with the IDE-SCSI driver.

The normal IDE driver need direct access to change,
the code in the Documation works :)

> 2. If I put a non-multichanger IDE CD drive on /dev/hdd, would
> the normal /dev/hdd1 etc scheme work?

No. only /dev/hdd works.
Same for changers :(

-Thomas

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