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

[Chris McKinley <lamfada@lugh.net>]

Yes, he was referring to the USB version specifically.  But unless they fully
support Linux, including the eject ioctls and power mgmt, it is hard to 
justify for me.  I prefer to support companies such as VXA and Matrox which
understand that their opening specs and/or driver source benefits them.  
Besides, I am leery of using hardware where the manufacturer has not fully
opened the specs (Nvidia, 3dfx, Castlewood).  But other than that, it is 
supposed to be a nice drive.

-Chris McKinley

On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Mike Hicks wrote:

> 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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