Can someone help out a newbie here and explain to me (or point me to some
info) why you need "SCSI emulation" for a (presumably) IDE CDROM drive

Mike Bresnahan
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Timothy Wilson wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I just installed my new Plextor PlexWriter 12/10/32 CD-RW. This is one of
> those new drives with the "burn-proof" technology to prevent coasters.
>
> It's an internal EIDE unit and I know that I've got to get SCSI emulation
> set up to use it. My question is more basic, however. I plan to call this
> /dev/cdrw and mount it at /cdrw. What should I put in /etc/fstab so I can
> use it? I assume that I can use the CD-RW and not just the CD-R part.
>
> -Tim
>
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