Re: IDE Zip Drives OK?

["Alan N" <alann roava net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Lane Lester <llester athens net>
To: Red Hat <redhat-list redhat com>
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