Re: [TCLUG:14864] power-eject floppy drives for PCs?

[Mike Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

Chris McKinley wrote:
> 
> To quote from linux-kernel (Andre Hedrick):
> 
> > OBS or Castlewood has no interest in Linux.........
> > I live about 20 minutes from their HQ, and they would not even loan
> > product, much less give, for testing and certification.........

He must have been talking about the USB version or something.  It sounds
like the Parallel, IDE, and SCSI versions all work (mostly).  There are
a few problems, such as the IDE version not understanding the 'eject'
IOCTL message.

Here's a site regarding using the ORB drive on Linux:

http://www.nexuscomputing.com/~linuxorb/

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