Never used zip disk however this may help in getting cdrom. Try and borrow a
win98 startup disk and boot from it with the option to use cdrom, the 98
disk carries generic cdrom drivers and may for all I know also carry zip
stuff, perhaps someone else would comment on this ??
"Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kinsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] zip in dos help
> Unfortunately he does not have that disk. He has the drivers disk and the
> tool zip disk but that is all.He can run dos on his hard drive but that is
> all. Like I said, he used fdisk and erasd his primary dos partition and
all
> logical partitions. He can't even access his cd-rom to install his Win95
> cd.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] zip in dos help
>
>
> : When I installed my ZIP drive it created a GUEST disc for use on other
> : systems with out the full install of the Iomega software. This gives
the
> : abitlity to read from the ZIP so you can install from it, I have used it
> : many times over. I hope you or your friend have this disc.
> :
> : don
> :
> : I thought I knew that I knew what I thought
> : But now I know that what I thought I knew
> : Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew.
> :
> :
> : On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:04:56 -0500 "Bill Kinsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> : writes:
> : > Hello all;
> : > I have a question involving a zip drive and dos. My friend tried
> : > linux and
> : > came to the conclusion that he didn't like it. He used the dreaded
> : > fdisk and
> : > erased his whole hard drive. He has windows but its on a zip disk
> : > and he
> : > doesn't know how to install a zip in dos. I know this isn't a linux
> : > question
> : > but i'd greatly appreciate some help.
> : >
> : > Bill Kinsey
> : >
> :
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