it's a scsi emulation layer to keep things simple, as far as i know. you'll also notice that ide cd-rw drives are listed as scsi devices. anyone know if firewire drives are the same? i've never tried them, but i'm guessing it'd be the same setup. -d ----- Original Message ----- From: Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 10:37:16 -0500 To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: usb disks and sticks mapped to scsi devices. > If this has been beaten to death I am sorry. > > But am I the only one who thinks it is peculiar that usb disks are mounted as > scsi devices (or at least as /dev/sdxx) > > How and why was this done? > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > One Trinity Place. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Time will end all my troubles, but I don't always approve of Time's methods. +( duncan brown +( duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxx +( http://www.linuxadvocate.net
