From: mchapman@butes.eis (Michael Chapman Tel. 07121/35-1662) Subject: [Q] Non SCSI CDROM and tape drives Date: 4 Jan 1993 11:22:44 GMT
As far as I can make out, linux only supports SCSI CDROM drives.
Is this right?
Here in Germany at the moment you can get a Mitsumi CDROM drive with
AT bus interface for about DM 375 whereas anything with a SCSI interface
costs DM 900+. Any chances of a linux driver for this thing?
What I would like to do is to be able to install linux directly from
a CD. Is there any distribution (ideally CDROM and one floppy) which
would allow me to do this? This would be really neat for people without
FTP access who want to install the whole lot (linux, X, TeX etc).
Also tape drives. What support is in linux for QIC40/80 tape drives
which are not SCSI? I read something about a QUIC-02 interface but I don't
think that is the same as the floppy interface (QIC-36 ??) which
is how the cheapo Colorado Jumbo drives are wired up. These are real
cheap here at the moment (about DM 400) whereas anything with SCSI
is again about DM 1000.
Any info or recomendations welcomed!
Mike Chapman