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To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: Iomega SCSI Zip Drive
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J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> As Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:
> 
> > // I'll append you the patch to teach FreeBSD 2.1.5/2.1.6 (i hope it
> > // works for both) about the ``SCSI type override'' code.  This is an
> >
> > IT WORKS !!!
> >
> > Now I can use my ZIP drive without any warning about disk change,
> > disk slices, etc.  It's boringly silent.   :)
> >
> > Probably should this be default in 2.2.  It would help a lot those
> > who don't know how to or can't compile a kernel.
> 
> Well, what do other people think about such a change?
> 
> I'll Cc freebsd-core on this, since i won't decide this myself.
> Background for `core': my suggested patch would move the Iomega Zip
> drives to the `od' driver since this one is better targeted towards
> removable media devices.
> 
what is unfixable in the sd drive?
it SHOULD be able to handle these..