From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([205.212.123.75]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16XGhR-0000Bi-00 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2002 02:04:29 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-2.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.21]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g1374Q1E017872 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 02:04:27 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002101c1ac81$2eae0640$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: <003401c1ac5a$9e7cd5e0$0100a8c0@mshome.net> <005401c1ac67$f485c160$0100a8c0@tward> <009501c1ac6c$ac6db180$0100a8c0@mshome.net> Subject: Re: zip Drive and Linux please bear with me! Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 02:05:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes, it supports USB ports. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amanda Lee To: 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" > To: > 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 > To: 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup