Yes, it supports USB ports. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amanda Lee <amanda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 11:38 PM Subject: Re: zip Drive and Linux please bear with me! > I'm planning to use RH 7.2 and forgotten it has PNP support. > > Does RH 7.2 also provide support for USB ports? > > This Box is a Compaq 4784 with an internal Iomega Zip Drive so thanks for > the info as this should work fine. Well beter hold my fire until it realy > works ha! > > Amanda Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <tward at bright.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 11:05 PM > Subject: Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me! > > > 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 at shellworld.net> > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
