You don't - for a CDROM. But if you want to use the CDR or CDRW burning capabilities - you need to use an interface that supports that. ATAPI is very similar to SCSI in many ways - and differs mostly by the fact that it is not multithread capable. Anyway - most software, cdrecord under *NIX and Adaptec EZ-CDCreator under Windows use the SCSI interface to run these devices. This is accomplished, even under Windows, by using SCSI emulation over ATAPI. That is why you need it for Linux as well. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bresnahan" <mike at fruitioninc.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] settings for a CD-RW > 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 > ---- > 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 > > > > -- > > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.k12.mn.us/ | http://www.zope.org/ > > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org/ > > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >