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* Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
@  Amanda Lee
   ` Janina Sajka
   ` Thomas Ward
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Amanda Lee @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca

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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* Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
   Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me! Amanda Lee
@  ` Janina Sajka
     ` Amanda Lee
   ` Thomas Ward
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Janina Sajka @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca

Amanda:

The fact that you want to use a zip drive is a mattor of support being 
compiled in your kernel for that device. To mount you should specify the 
filesystem, source device and mount point. 

I don't have a zip drive, but I do have an orb---somewhat similar. My orb 
is a scsi device and gets /dev/sda5 as it's the only scsi drive on my 
portable. At the office I have a scsi hard disk and a scsi orb, so my orb 
at the office becomes /dev/sdb5. The mount point, of course, is whatever 
directory you want the filesystem from that media to show up in. So, I 
have /mnt/orb for that.

Thus, if my orb is formatted with the linux ext2 filesystem, I might say:

mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt/orb
Or, if it's FAT32 (for some silly reason), at the office I would say:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/orb



-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org



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* Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
   ` Janina Sajka
@    ` Amanda Lee
       ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Janina Sajka
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Amanda Lee @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Okay, then what would I compile into the kernel and o'well guess will be
baptism by fire! ha!  Maybe I had better stay up a few nights with the modem
hahahha!

I would like to use it though guess some of you are saying ... why.

Thanks.

Amanda Lee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
To: "Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!


Amanda:

The fact that you want to use a zip drive is a mattor of support being
compiled in your kernel for that device. To mount you should specify the
filesystem, source device and mount point.

I don't have a zip drive, but I do have an orb---somewhat similar. My orb
is a scsi device and gets /dev/sda5 as it's the only scsi drive on my
portable. At the office I have a scsi hard disk and a scsi orb, so my orb
at the office becomes /dev/sdb5. The mount point, of course, is whatever
directory you want the filesystem from that media to show up in. So, I
have /mnt/orb for that.

Thus, if my orb is formatted with the linux ext2 filesystem, I might say:

mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt/orb
Or, if it's FAT32 (for some silly reason), at the office I would say:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/orb



--

Janina Sajka, Director
Technology Research and Development
Governmental Relations Group
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org


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* Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
   Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me! Amanda Lee
   ` Janina Sajka
@  ` Thomas Ward
     ` zip " Amanda Lee
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Ward @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

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
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



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* Re: zip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
   ` Thomas Ward
@    ` Amanda Lee
       ` Thomas Ward
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Amanda Lee @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

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
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>


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* Re: zip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
     ` zip " Amanda Lee
@      ` Thomas Ward
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Ward @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
>
>
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* Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
     ` Amanda Lee
@      ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Janina Sajka
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Gregory Nowak @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

What type of zip drive do you have, parallel port, or internal, or something else?
If it is the parallel port type, then there are options for the new and older ones in the scsi section. When you get to the iomega questions, and you don't know what to answer, just hit the question mark to get help on that choice. The kernel help is usually good.

If it is an internal ide type, then you'll need to choose the ide floppy driver in the ide section. Good luck.
Greg


On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 10:43:32PM -0500, Amanda Lee wrote:
> Okay, then what would I compile into the kernel and o'well guess will be
> baptism by fire! ha!  Maybe I had better stay up a few nights with the modem
> hahahha!
> 
> I would like to use it though guess some of you are saying ... why.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amanda Lee
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
> To: "Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
> 
> 
> Amanda:
> 
> The fact that you want to use a zip drive is a mattor of support being
> compiled in your kernel for that device. To mount you should specify the
> filesystem, source device and mount point.
> 
> I don't have a zip drive, but I do have an orb---somewhat similar. My orb
> is a scsi device and gets /dev/sda5 as it's the only scsi drive on my
> portable. At the office I have a scsi hard disk and a scsi orb, so my orb
> at the office becomes /dev/sdb5. The mount point, of course, is whatever
> directory you want the filesystem from that media to show up in. So, I
> have /mnt/orb for that.
> 
> Thus, if my orb is formatted with the linux ext2 filesystem, I might say:
> 
> mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt/orb
> Or, if it's FAT32 (for some silly reason), at the office I would say:
> 
> mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/orb
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> Chair, Accessibility SIG
> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> http://www.openebook.org
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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* Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
     ` Amanda Lee
       ` Gregory Nowak
@      ` Janina Sajka
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Janina Sajka @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Amanda:

For the latest authoratative answers, go to /usr/src/linux/Documentation 
and do a:

grep -ir "zip drive" *


On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Amanda Lee wrote:

> Okay, then what would I compile into the kernel and o'well guess will be
> baptism by fire! ha!  Maybe I had better stay up a few nights with the modem
> hahahha!
> 
> I would like to use it though guess some of you are saying ... why.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amanda Lee
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net>
> To: "Speakup@Braille.Uwo.Ca" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Aip Drive and Linux please bear with me!
> 
> 
> Amanda:
> 
> The fact that you want to use a zip drive is a mattor of support being
> compiled in your kernel for that device. To mount you should specify the
> filesystem, source device and mount point.
> 
> I don't have a zip drive, but I do have an orb---somewhat similar. My orb
> is a scsi device and gets /dev/sda5 as it's the only scsi drive on my
> portable. At the office I have a scsi hard disk and a scsi orb, so my orb
> at the office becomes /dev/sdb5. The mount point, of course, is whatever
> directory you want the filesystem from that media to show up in. So, I
> have /mnt/orb for that.
> 
> Thus, if my orb is formatted with the linux ext2 filesystem, I might say:
> 
> mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /mnt/orb
> Or, if it's FAT32 (for some silly reason), at the office I would say:
> 
> mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/orb
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> Chair, Accessibility SIG
> Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> http://www.openebook.org
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
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> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

-- 
	
				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org



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