Not only that, but I don't think that you can low level format a zip drive, as you can with a floppy. You MUST buy preformatted zips, which is why they come in PC and Mac flavors. ------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 09:56:49AM -0700, mjv wrote: > Also, I assume I can create a Linux fs on a zip disk - and I assume that since > we can squeeze 1.6meg from a regular floppy, the same could be true with squeezing > extra space from the Zip floppy. Anyone have any experience with this?
I'd say no chance. The floppy drive allows you to use higher density and more tracks than are usually used on floppy disks, but there's no reason to think that the Zip drive will let you do this. Since it's Iomega-controlled, I'm pretty sure they'd be using the absolutely maximum reliable capacity of the disk. With floppy drives, individual manufactures can't just started calling their drives 1.6mb because they're standard drives. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
