Re: [MLUG] iomega atapi zip 100

[nowlind <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Thanks for the offer Shawn.  Not sure what I am going to do if I can not 
get it going.  The zip drive will work if I run diskdrake first.  Then 
it works untill the next reboot.

Shawn Parker wrote:
> looks like i have about 8 drives laying around. 2 are 6.xGB, a 8xxMB,
> a couple of 2.x-5.xGB (i'll have to check for sure which is which) and
> 2 drives that have no markings...looks like they had some kind of
> removable rubber jacket around them...don't know where that went.
>
> :)
>
> if you like, you're welcome to any of these. i can't give them all
> away but one or two won't be missed. let me know and i'll earmark one
> and you can get it from me sometime.
>
> cheers.
>
> On 5/12/05, nowlind <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>
> > I thought of that.  Do not know much about udev and how to create a
> > rule.  I am going to do more research on this tonight while at work.
> > Spoils of being a night DataCenter Tech ;).
> >
> > Shawn Parker wrote:
> >
> > > ah. maybe try creating a user rule in udev for the zip drive?
> > >
> > > On 5/12/05, nowlind <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the link Shawn.  I have an entry in the fstab that works when
> > > > the block dev in /dev is created.  This block dev just is not being
> > > > created by udev.  I think it is a sysfs error because sysfs feeds udev.
> > > >
> > > > Shawn Parker wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > maybe?
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/ZIP-Drive.html#ss6.4
> > > > >
> > > > > On 5/12/05, Pottinger, Hardy J. <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Why?  Do zip disks tend to fail when the HDD fails?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nope. They just tend to fail. :-\
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That, and failed disks have been known to foul a whole a drive.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd feel a lot more comfortable with either CDR, tape, or hard drive...
> > > > > > or a combination of the three. But if you're limited by resources,
> > > > > > there's not much you can do.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Me, I've never tried to get a zip drive to work with Linux, so I'm no
> > > > > > use to Dan.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In the future, I'll try to remember that Dan only wants direct answers.
> > > > > > ;-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --Hardy
> > > > > >
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