From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.eurofresh.com ([207.108.112.1] helo=tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 167JEZ-0007sk-00 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:31:23 -0500 Received: (qmail 96829 invoked by uid 50); 23 Nov 2001 16:31:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 96812 invoked by uid 0); 23 Nov 2001 16:31:06 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poola219.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (63.227.85.219) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 23 Nov 2001 16:31:06 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: drive assignments Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:31:44 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01112309314400.00326@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 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: On Friday November 23, 2001 08:23 am, you wrote: > Thanks as this Compaq 200MHZ box I may install Linux on has a zip drive > and would like to archive items onto the zip cartridges prior to > reformatting the drive. > > One question: can Linux read the format of a zip cartridge? short answer: yes long answer: there is no "zip cartrige" format. A zip drive is nothing mre than a standard disk drive in every way except for capacity and being removable, you can format a zip disk with any filesystem you want (even ext2)