[techtalk] Okay so I recompiled my kernel under RedHat 6.1

[Caitlyn Martin]

Hi, Stephan,


> I once heard that you need to activate SCSI emulation in the kernel (I
> didn't see that in dmesg printout) to use the parallel port Zip drive.  (I
> have a SCSI Zip drive, so I didn't have to deal with this).  Caitlyn, is
> this is accurate or not

The parallel port zip drive *is* treated as a SCSI drive.  OTOH, I don't
know if the PPA driver handles the emulation, or if you need SCSI support as
well.  I would suspect the latter, but I don't know for sure.

Anyone?

-Caity




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