Re: zip Drive and Linux please bear with me!

["Thomas Ward" <tward@bright.net>]

Yes, it supports USB ports.


----- Original Message -----
From: Amanda Lee <amanda@shellworld.net>
To: <speakup@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@bright.net>
> To: <speakup@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@shellworld.net>
> To: Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca <speakup@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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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