>From twaugh@redhat.com Wed Nov 29 18:49:52 2000
>On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 06:30:36PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> Will this driver allow to send general SCSI commands?
>Yes, I'm pretty sure.
>> Is there a 3rd specific driver interface or will I not be forced
>> to add a new transport interface to libscg?
>It should just be a /dev/sg thing. ppscsi is just a frame-work for
>writing SCSI drivers for SCSI interfaces that work over the parallel
>port.
OK, so I don't need to do anything....
>> Does it make sense at all (e.g. will it work to use the old
>> SCSI based PP HP CD-writers)?
>Not sure what you mean.
Old HP PP drives have been based on SCSI drives rather than ATAPI.
It seems that these old (CDD-3600 based drives) are the only SCSI
based dries on the market. All newer PP CD-writers use ATAPI
drives with a IDE/PP bridge.
Jörg
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