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>ide-scsi emulation for IDE IOMEGA ZIP 250MB</H3>
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<p><strong>From Dominik Szczerba
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<p align="right"><strong>Answered By Matthias Posseldt, Ben Okopnik, John Karns, Mike Martin
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<P><STRONG>
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Hello,
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<P><STRONG>
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Do you have experience with ide-scsi emulation for IDE ZIP? For the last
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week I have searched the whole internet wide and broad and found no info
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on my very problem (only some similar ones), which is "unable to read
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partition table" and/or "READ CAPACITY failed" on my dev/sda during
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start-up (errors from dmesg and/or boot.msg, the disk was both in and
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out for testing during boot). I have my internal IDE ZIP drive 250 MB on
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my machine physically under <TT>/dev/hdb</TT> (internal ZIP 250MB), but I made it
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emulated under <TT>/dev/sda</TT> (because I had similar problem just using
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<TT>/dev/hdb</TT>, so I used ide-scsi after being suggested to do so). Apart from
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errors in boot.msg and dmesg, "fdisk -l" or fdisk <TT>/dev/sda</TT> => 'p' doesnt
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recognize the partition table of correctly formated (on other machines,
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external USB IOMEGA ZIP 250, running usb scsi emulation) ZIP disks with
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ext2 file system (I didnt try fat, I am not concerned). But I can mount
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the disk, but I am affraid to write to it because of obvious error
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messages.
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</STRONG></P>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [John K.]
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Have you read the ZIP-Drive mini-HowTo? Is your drive simple IDE or the
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later ATAPI model? From that document:
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<blockQuote><BLOCKQuote>
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IDE:
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<blockQuote>
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The good news about this drive: no kernel modules or modifications are
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needed to support it. It looks to the kernel like an IDE hard drive.
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It worked for me with no effort with kernel 2.0.31 and 2.0.32.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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The bad news about this drive: because it doesn't use ATAPI, you can't
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use the SCSI-to-ATAPI translation, which means you can't use mtools to
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write-protect disks (or to eject them, for that matter).
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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ATAPI:
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<blockQuote><BLOCKQuote>
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I use an ATAPI Zip drive and it works with both 2.0.32 and 2.0.33
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kernels. I've used it under both RH 5.0 and OpenLinux 1.2 (my current
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used distribution). To get it to work under OpenLinux, I just enabled
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ATAPI floppy support in the kernel. OpenLinux does not have this
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support compiled in by default.
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</BLOCKQuote></blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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No other drivers are needed. It will mount as an extended partition
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on partition 4. I.E, mine mounts on HDB4. I mount it under <TT>/mnt/zip</TT>
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as noauto, although I don't suppose there would be any real problem
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with automounting. I just wonder about ejecting disks. I always
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dismount the drive before ejecting a cartridge.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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There are more detailed instructions for the ATAPI install in the
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Linux Gazette May 1998 issue. See the 2 cent tip section.
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<blockQuote>
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<A HREF="../..//issue28/lg_tips28.html#atapi"
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>http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue28/lg_tips28.html#atapi</A>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [Matthias]
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Have you inserted the ide-floppy module or is IDE Floppy support compiled
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into your kernel. Only then you can use the ZIP drive like a removable
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hard drive.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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so you do: "modprobe ide-floppy && modprobe ide-scsi" and carefully watch
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the kernel messages.
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If it doesn't help, please post the part of your kernel boot messages
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concerning the detection of the ZIP drive.
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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>
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To make it yet more complex: if I now format a ZIP disk on MY
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scsi-emulated IDE ZIP drive then I dont have ANY problems on MY machine
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(format/partition table is correctly recognized) but on ALL the other
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machines the disk is not recognized at all (not even mounting is
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possible).
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</STRONG></P>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Matthias]
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How did you format the disks? With mke2fs <TT>/dev/hdb?</TT>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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please help me solve this puzzle,
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</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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regards,
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Dominik
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [Matthias]
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Perhaps this helps a bit.
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</blockQuote>
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<HR width="10%" align="left"><P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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Hello wizards,
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<P><STRONG><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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><em><font color="#007F7F">
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Have you inserted the ide-floppy module or is IDE Floppy support compiled
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into your kernel. Only then you can use the ZIP drive like a removable
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hard drive.
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</font></em></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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ide-floppy 0.99 is reported in both machines at startup, and in both
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machines the module is NOT loaded.
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</STRONG></P>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Ben]
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I can't offer much help on the overall topic, not having any experience with ZIP, but
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one thing seems clear from the above: the "ide-floppy" functionality is
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compiled into your kernel.
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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><em><font color="#007F7F">
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In both machines (ZIP IDE and ZIP
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USB) I CAN format/copy from/to, but errors are reported using the disk
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on ANOTHER computer. I didnt try to configure the kernel as I thought "I
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CAN use the drive so the drivers are there". Anyway, I am not going to
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recompile the kernel, because it doesnt solve the problem of easy
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compatibility of ZIP drives. I dont want to have this problem when going
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to yet another computer...
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</font></em></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG><em><font color="#007F7F">
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so you do: "modprobe ide-floppy && modprobe ide-scsi" and carefully watch
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the kernel messages.
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</font></em></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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ide-floppy module is just not there, so it is not modprobing... (module
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not found or something)
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</STRONG></P>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Ben]
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"Or something" is not a useful error report; however, if it's compiled
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in, you won't have a module - so this is another indication of the
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above. Presumably, the error will look something like this:
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote><BLOCKQuote>
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modprobe: Can't locate module ide-floppy
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</BLOCKQuote></blockQuote>
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<p><strong><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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><em><font color="#007F7F">
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Is your drive simple IDE or the later ATAPI model?
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</font></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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It is being reported as IDE ATAPI (in BIOS and during startup) so I
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really dont know...
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</strong></p>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Ben]
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Yep, that would make it an IDE ATAPI.
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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And forget about help from IOMEGA...
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</STRONG></P>
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<p align="center">...............</p>
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<P><STRONG><BLOCKQuote>
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In the HOWTO:
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</BLOCKQuote></STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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I use an ATAPI Zip drive and it works with both 2.0.32 and 2.0.33
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kernels. I've used it under both RH 5.0 and OpenLinux 1.2 (my current
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used distribution). To get it to work under OpenLinux, I just enabled
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ATAPI floppy support in the kernel. OpenLinux does not have this
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support compiled in by default.
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</STRONG></P><p align="center">...............</p>
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1) I have kernel 2.4.18-4GB installed (default from <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/">SuSE</A>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/smily.gif" ALT="8)"
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height="24" width="20" align="middle">, so I thought
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all latest technology is there, no?
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</STRONG></P>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Ben]
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I'm not sure what you mean by "the latest technology", but it should
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have a reasonably new version of "ide-floppy" support - either compiled
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in (as it seems to be in your case) or as a loadable module.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Matthias]
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Yes, SuSE's kernel should suffice. You can use the drive, and ide-floppy
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support is built into the kernel.
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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2) Anyway, I <EM>CAN</EM> use the drive, so the drivers must be there. The
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problem is compatibility. Am I wrong?
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</STRONG></P>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [Ben]
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I'm afraid that I missed the first part of this discussion, however -
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when you say that the errors are reported on "another" computer, is
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"ide-floppy" loaded on <em> _that</em> machine (either via being compiled in or
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modprobing "ide-floppy")? The two machines that you report as being able
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to format, copy, etc. are obviously getting it to work; the third one
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isn't. So, the third machine has some kind of a problem - perhaps the
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module does not get loaded on it?
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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I have removed the scsi-emulation on my home PC. It is still the same.
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</STRONG></P>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [mike]
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do an lsmod and check for imm and ppa modules
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Ben]
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Both of those are SCSI-related modules; I think that Dominic has already
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determined that SCSI is irrelevant to what he's doing (unloading SCSI
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emulation has no effect on the process.) As well, it's a good idea to
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explain to people <em> _why</em> they should do things that you recommend: if
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your exact suggestions don't pan out, they would be able to explore an
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avenue that they may not have been aware of.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockquote><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Heather] But they would have been the correct modules if it was an older, parallel
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based ZIP drive. As noted above, however, if they were built-ins, then you
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wouldn't have them available as modules, but they would have been likely
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to "just work".
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</blockquote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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Self-made disks are 100% OK, but not accesible elsewhere (cannot mount
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nor read).
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</STRONG></P>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [Ben]
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"Elsewhere" meaning other machines besides these three? Like, on a ZIP
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drive under Wind*ws, etc.?
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [John K.]
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I think he means that Zip carts init'ed on the problem machine can't be
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read by other Zip drvs. I would not rule out an alignment compability
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issue here.
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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And if I use elsewhere-formatted disks on my PC I get wrong
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partition table message from fdisk (but I can mount it and read it!)
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</STRONG></P>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [Ben]
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<shrug> I'd say, ignore "fdisk". It's not the smartest utility in the
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world in the first place, and using it on anything except a plain HD is
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asking for trouble.
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</blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [John K.]
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While I wouldn't recommend using fdisk to set up partitions on the Zip
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carts, I've used it with good results to show the status (fdisk -l).
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</blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [Matthias]
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Yes, ZIP disks don't have a standard partition table. Same with LS-120 disks.
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I read about LS-120 & Linux and it was said you should not low-level format
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the disk as it can render it unusable.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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The data partition on the ZIP disk is number 4, so you've to 'mount -t auto
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<TT>/dev/hdb4</TT> <TT>/mnt/zip</TT>'.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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So, one tip is to format the disk using IOMEGA tools under Windows (arghh).
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A different one is using the tools provided at
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<A HREF="http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html"
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>http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html</A>
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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There you have formatting tools, tools to write protect your disks and
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information utilities. Works with ATAPI ZIP 100 & 250 and SCSI
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counterparts.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [mike]
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try mounting <TT>/dev/sda4</TT> <TT>/mnt/zip</TT>
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zip drives historically have the data in partition 4
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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This should definitely solve the problem if when you format the drive
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properly you get no problems
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</blockQuote>
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<P><STRONG>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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>
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do you still have some ideas?
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</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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Is it possible just to have ZIP compatible
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like every CD device without experimenting (!!!) with kernel stuff? If
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not I take the battle as lost and stop using ZIP drives... Warn
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others...
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</STRONG></P>
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<P><STRONG>
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best regards,
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Dominik
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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> [Ben]
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There's lots of folks out there using ZIP drives with Linux. I think
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that sounding the fire alarms and calling the New York Times would be
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premature at best.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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<IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/bbub.gif" ALT="(!)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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> [John K.]
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My use of Zip drvs has been confined to the SCSI (Linux & MS) and parport
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models (MS only). I've never had any real problems, (other than very
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slow with the parport version).
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<HR width="10%" align="left">
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<p><em>
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Unfortunately, these seem to be all reasonable things, but the real
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problem was something more akin to floppy alignment problems. -- Heather
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</em></p>
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<p><strong><IMG SRC="../../gx/dennis/qbub.gif" ALT="(?)"
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HEIGHT="28" WIDTH="50" BORDER="0"
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><em><font color="#007F7F">
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So, one tip is to format the disk using IOMEGA tools under Windows (arghh).
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A different one is using the tools provided at
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<A HREF="http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html"
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>http://www.iomega.com/software/linuxtools.html</A>
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</font></em></strong></p>
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<blockQuote>
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great, but... unfortunately it just...simply... doesnt work! It doesnt
|
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do what's written in help file.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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I convinced myself how low quality iomega is. Never ever anything to do
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with them.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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And my messages to iomega were just left without any response.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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I checked with FAT file systems. The same. It works 100% OK... but only
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on the machine it was formated on. I am sick with this.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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Thank you guys for feedback, but I give up and throw away the stupid drive.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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No, no need to alarm New York Times, Ben, but a word of loud warning on
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incopatibility of ZIP disks formatted on different machines will prevent
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others from wasting their money.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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What I experienced just prooves how low quality service is offered by
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iomega.
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</blockQuote>
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<blockQuote>
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thanks and bye
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Domi
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</blockQuote>
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