[plug] SCSI Zip drive

Matt Kemner zombie at wasp.net.au
Mon Jan 15 13:32:53 WST 2001


On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, Kevin Shackleton wrote:

> I've scored an internal SCSI Zip drive.  I have a PC (not immediately
> available)  with an existing SCSI drive (sda).  Does the Zip drive get
> automatically mapped into sdb or do I have to do something to make it
> happen?

As with all SCSI devices, that depends on which way you configured the
SCSI IDs.  Eg if your HDD is set to ID 3 and the Zip to ID 4, the HDD will
be sda, the zip will be sdb, but if the ZIP ID is lower than the HDD the
order will be reversed.

 - Matt

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