Add Zip drive capability (or other removable, write-able media support)

[akuker]

It would be handy to be able to use write-able removable media, such as a Zip drive. Consider adding this as a future feature.

[uweseimet]

@akuker Correct me if I am wrong: We just need a new device type (just like SCSI_HD) which has the 'removable' flag set, correct? Actually, except for the sector size the MO device type is such a device.

[akuker]

You are correct - also probably need to have the correct vendor ID

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[uweseimet]

There is no need for a particular vendor ID because there are numerous removable SCSI devices drives (Syquest, various MOs, ZIP, JAZ, ...), and the INQUIRY data indicate whether a drive is removable. All in all a ZIP drive is nothing but one of many of these removable device drives

You would need a vendor ID in order to support proprietary ZIP/JAZ features like password-protected media, but I doubt that supporting this feature makes sense for RaSCSI. One would have to implement code that encrypts the device file on the fly in order to protect its content. (For a real ZIP/JAZ this is not an issue because it does not encrypt anything; the device just refuses to access a medium without a password.)