Supported Device Types

Overview

This page summarizes the emulated device supported by PiSCSI, with notes on compatibility and device drivers for various platforms. When emulating devices PiSCSI is working in SCSI Target Mode, but with the FULLSPEC board it also supports SCSI Initiator Mode. The scsidump tool operates in initiator mode.

Device Types

Device	Key	Supported Platforms	Notes
Hard Disk Drive	SCHD	all
CD/DVD Drive	SCCD	all	The Apple CD-ROM drivers in combination with PiSCSI is known to lead to incompatibility with particular ISO images
Removable Disk Drive	SCRM	all*	*Functionality may depend on INQUIRY masquerading and proprietary device drivers, f.e. Iomega Floptical
Magneto-Optical Drive	SCMO	NeXT, X68000, Atari ST/TT/Falcon, etc.
DaynaPORT SCSI/Link	SCDP	Macintosh, Atari ST/TT/Falcon	Requires device drivers
Host Bridge	SCBR	X68000	Enables ethernet networking and mounting a remote file system. Requires device drivers
Host Services	SCHS	Atari ST/TT/Falcon	Enables remote control of the PiSCSI. Requires device drivers
Printer	SCLP	Atari ST/TT/Falcon	Requires device drivers

Image Types

This describes the file endings that PiSCSI will recognize automatically, with usage notes. For non-recognized image types, you will have to specify the device type to use it as when attaching.

Image Type	File ending	Usage notes
SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, non-removable)	hds	SCSI-2 compliant
SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, non-removable, SCSI-1)	hd1	SCSI-1 compatible
SCSI Hard Disk image (Apple compatible)	hda	Improves compatibility with Apple Macintosh computers
SCSI Hard Disk image (NEC compatible)	hdn	Improves compatibility with NEC PC-98 computers
SCSI Hard Disk image (Anex86 proprietary)	hdi	Recognizes special headers that are created by the Anex86 PC-98 emulator
SCSI Hard Disk image (T98Next proprietary)	nhd	Recognizes special headers that are created by the T98Next PC-98 emulator
SCSI Hard Disk image (generic, removable)	hdr	Can be used with SCSI floppy drives, SyQuest drives, Zip drives, etc.
SCSI Magneto-Optical image (generic, removable)	mos	Typically used with NeXT computers, as well as Japanese home computers such as X68000, etc.
SCSI CD-ROM or DVD-ROM image (ISO 9660 image)	iso	May contain ISO extensions such as HFS, Joliet, Rock Ridge, etc.