Re: [PARPORT] alias for scsi


Monty (xiphmont@mit.edu)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:39:45 EST


>I dont have a scsi controller.
>If I alias:
>alias block-major-11 pcd
>alias char-major-21 pg
>(that is scsi cdrom to pcd and sg to pg)
>will that make my "paride scsi" to be detected by all software,
>even those without pcd/pg support ?

No. The SG and PG interfaces are different. Doing this will likely
just crash the application (although Paranoia IV guards against this
possibility and will probably still work).
 
>Will everything work as expected - or may I run into problems ?

It will not work.

Monty

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