On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:41:03 -0400 (EDT), Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Franck wrote:
> 
> > OK, I didn't added SCSI disk support in my kernel. It's not
> > automatically selected when selecting USB mass storage driver, is
> > there any reasons ?
> 
> Yes.  USB mass storage devices need not be disk drives.  You might have a 
> USB DVD drive, so the disk driver isn't automatically selected.

It may not be obvious to Franck that DVD is driven by sr, and not sd,
even though a DVD drive is a disk, and a DVD is a disc. Maybe USB attached
tapes would be a better example. Those are non-rotating storage devices,
driven by usb-storage.

-- Pete


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