Re: IEEE 1394 (FireWire) on Debian
On 7/13/03 1:31 PM, "Matthew Daubenspeck" <matt@oddprocess.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 01:30:18PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
>> Does anyone have any info to share about 1394 devices on Debian? I just
>> ordered an external IDE enclosure with a DVD ROM drive that uses a 1394
>> connection and am wondering how to proceed. I'm assuming (hoping) that
>> it's not much more difficult than USB storage devices. i.e. Load a
>> low-level 1394 driver module, load device specific (something akin to
>> usb storage), and mount devices. Anything else I should keep in mind?
>
> It's near identical. Since you have the USB stuff already working, you
> don't have to mess around with SCSI stuff from scratch :)
>
> Just compile the kernel (module or directly) for firewire, ohci1394, and
> SBP-2 device support. If compiled as modules, load the modules and mount
> the drive in the same manner you did the USB.
http://linux1394.org/ is a good source for info about specific devices.
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