On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Steve Hsieh wrote:
Actually ... it is a scsi... parallel port is a kind of scsi and under linux is seen as a true scsi device (and is faster than in dos) Here is how it comes up: scsi0 : PPA driver version 0.26 using 4-bit mode on port 0x378. scsi : 1 host. Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total. SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB] sda: Write Protect is off Partition check: sda: sda4 My kernel is 2.0.30 Now, there have been troubles with the internal model, maybe we are talking about that one and not the external one? Chad > The zip IDE is not a scsi device; the scsi driver won't work with it. > However, I believe there is support for it in the new developmental 2.1.x > kernels, something having to do with having full IDE ATAPI support. I > don't know what the status of it is though. > > > On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Pierre GAMBAROTTO wrote: > > > > > > > > All is in the subject. How can I use a iomega zip with > > > an IDE interface with linux ? > > > > > > > By default the kernel has support precompiled in for zip. As long as it > > is connected at turn on, it will be found as /dev/sda4 (or sba4, i forget > > which) > > > > Other wise, compile a kernal, include scsi support, zip is under the scsi > > section. > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Chad D. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Southwest Technology Development Institute > > New Mexico State University > > --- > > HP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ > > DBP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Debian/ > > LCAO: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Las_Cruces_Art/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > > > -- > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Chad D. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Southwest Technology Development Institute New Mexico State University --- HP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ DBP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Debian/ LCAO: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Las_Cruces_Art/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .