Pete,
What you discribe is not software or OS related, it's the infamous click of
death. This happens essentially when the read heads get bent or out of
alignment. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do unless the Zip drive
is still under warranty. There's more info at:
http://pcmech.pair.com/zip-click.htm
and
http://www.thirdeyesp.com/isage/iomega/
Regards,
Chris
Pete Pederson wrote:
> I am interested in discovering if there is a reliability problem with
> iomega Zip & Jaz drives with linux. There seems to be one that has been
> around for about two years with the MS operating systems. The symptoms
> are that the Zip drive begins to go "thunk, thunk" and then the
> installed disk is no longer readable.
