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Re: IDE Zip Drives OK?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan N)
Thu Dec 3 19:44:55 1998
From: "Alan N" <alann@roava.net>
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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 19:23:55 -0500
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From: Lane Lester <llester@athens.net>
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Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 7:11 PM
Subject: IDE Zip Drives OK?
>I'm currently using an external Zip drive with parallel port to move
>files between work and office. It's kind of a nuisance, though, and
>I'd like to get an internal IDE Zip, since they cost less than $70.
>But is this Zip drive supported in RH 5.2?
>
Yep. Since 5.1. I had a parallel port zip when I installed RH 5.0 and it
worked
as a scsi device, but I could never print. Linux doesn't like to share
devices.
So I bought an internal atapi zip at the same time I installed RH 5.1.
Works fine and I can print too! If you've got a parallel port zip it's
probably sdc4 or something.
The internal zip since it will probably be master/slave with a CD will come
up as hdc4 or something.
Mine works fine and it's MUCH faster than the parallel port.
I'm a real linux newbie and not a computer guru either.
So, I would install 5.2 and let it "find" your zip. Just make sure you
have a zip disk in the drive when you do.
Alan
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