From: lupe@alanya.isar.muc.de (Lupe Christoph) Subject: Re: [Q] Syquests with Linux -- Thoughts & Warnings? Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1993 22:55:52 GMT
smithc@lars.acc.stolaf.edu (Christopher A. Smith) writes:
>I have a Syquest drive which I'd like to use with linux for backup and
>archival purposes (sources for exmaple). Are there any headaches
>associated with using Syquests with linux? Can one mount, unmount, and
>eject cartridges with ease, or does linux disable the eject button
>(heard once that it does)...?
I've just attached my Syquest 44 MB drive, and it works OK. There has
to be a disk in it a bvoot time, and I believe you have to reboot if
you insert another disk with different partitioning.
Mounting and unmounting works as expected. The eject button is locked
while the volume is mounted (probably the open does a Prevent Media Removal,
I did not look into the source).
Just a warning: sometimes the drive does not spin up before Linux is
probing the SCSI bus when I switch on the machine. If I do not reset
the machine to delay the probing until the drive is ready (green LED),
the drive is not seen.
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