On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:22:24 +1030
Stephen Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Why is K3b so slow to launch in Mandrake 9.2?

Is it faster on some other Linux distribution? By how much? Is the
hardware different between the two machines?

It might be because of the following:

> How do I enable scsi emulation and why do I need it? Neither of my
> drives are scsi drives!

Its a kernel compile option/kernel module. Under the 2.4 kernel, 
SCSI emulation was the best way to control cd burners. This is
no longer the case under the 2.6 kernel.

Erik
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