Well, this is turning out to be a moot point then. I have an internal IDE/atapi style zip-100 drive. I can currently mount it for access to either FAT or ext/linux (my choosing) without any problems but I thought these other tools might enable me to do things like auto detecting the presence of a disk, disk locking, etc. Thanks anyway. On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 04:29:08PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > ziptool only works with jazz drives on parallel and only zip 100mb drives. > The zip 250MB drive isn't supported.On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Gregory Nowak > wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:12:51 -0600 > > From: Gregory Nowak <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> > > Reply-To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: Zip Tools > > > > If you have slackware, then it should already be installed as part of the a series I believe. > > > > Try man ziptool before trying to find a copy. > > > > Also note that it only works with parallel port drives, and not with ide/atapi drives. > > > > Hth. > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:10:00PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > I'm looking for "zip tools" for accessing Iomega zip dirves with > > > linux. I can already access the drive for basic functions but thought > > > I saw someone mention ziptools here on the list a while back. Might > > > anyone know where to find this package? Searches on google and > > > freshmeat do not yield anything near what I'm looking for. the > > > closest thing I found on freshmeat was some X package. There is > > > something else out there, isn't there? > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > -- > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > -- > Jude <dashielljt(at)gmpexpress-dot-net> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
