Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 10:42:02 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD SCSI list) Cc: jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis), core@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD core team) Subject: Re: Iomega SCSI Zip Drive Message-ID: <199612310942.KAA23729@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199612310531.DAA04139@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> from Joao Carlos Mendes Luis at "Dec 31, 96 03:31:57 am"
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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. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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