Hi, Amanda. I have used both external and internal zip drives with Linux with no problems. If you are using Red Hat 7.2 chances are that Red Hat has already detected it, and configured it for /mnt/zip100.0/ So all I have to do to mount my internal zip drive is typemount /mnt/zip100.0/ Then, it comes up working just fine. I do not have to use any special tools or anything. Linux is all you need, and making sure that the drive is configured properly. Fortunately, Red Hat has traditionally pnp the zip drive, set it up for me, and I've been able to get to my data real quick. If you are using another distributions other than Red Hat make sure to build IDE Floppy support in the kernel if you have an internal zip, or the SCSI zip drive support if you are using the parallel or SCSI. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amanda Lee <amanda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Speakup at Braille.Uwo.Ca <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:29 PM Subject: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me! > > I lost all of my email from the shell server when shellworld got the ole > hack job in December. > > This is one reason why I am more inclined now to put most of my email onto > my PC instead of leaving it on the server, which, via broadband, of course > is easier to backup periodically via ftp. > > In some messages I had saved earlier about zip drives and accessing them via > Linux are history. > > So, if I backup the data I want to keep onto zip discs and then nuke down > this hard drive, will Linux read the format? Does Iomega offer Linux > utilities for the Zip Drive? Actually all I really want to do is just > access the data from the zip discs. > > In RH, what do you specify to mount to access the Zip Drive? > > This is one thing holding me back is I can't get a NIC or other Network > Interface installed on this box which was a WindBlows 95 box but itps > corrupt and so if I could install a network interface, then I could jus ftp > all this stuff off in an hour or so but I don't have the patience to do this > via a lousy 56K modem. > > I probably have less than 2 gigs including windblows which I don't care > about to work through. > > Thanks. > > Amanda Lee > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
