Dana Sibera wrote: >On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 01:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> I have a 180 running 7.5.1 and would like to use my ZIP drive with >>> it, but >>> the >>> SCUSI probe won't put the Zip drive on the desktop. WHat am I dong >>> wrong? >> -------------- >> I believe you will need an Iomega extension to make the drive mount. > >If you have a disk in the drive when trying to mount, it -should- mount >okay then. Sometimes it's a bit flakey. > >If that doesn't work, booting the mac with a formatted disk in the >zipdrive has always worked for me (across about 4 macs)
Recently had an odd problem where an inserted Zip disk wouldn't mount in a 1400 when awakened from sleep (I think it was; disk was inserted before sleep and mounted, but not there when awakened). I understand the 1400 scans its expansion bay upon awakening from sleep, which is why it has to be put to sleep to swap modules; apparently it doesn't use a third-party driver like the Iomega extension (which loaded during startup) when it does the scan. I found the Iomega Guest app (which comes as part of the Iomega software package) would mount the disk. I put an alias of Iomega Guest in the Apple menu, and alerted the client to the problem & solution. Anyway, for stubborn Zip disks I've found that Iomega Guest often solves the problem; it force-loads a driver and scans for a drive/disk. (Of course it's also helpful for its intended use: to mount a Zip disk on a Mac that doesn't have Iomega software installed: just bring a floppy with Iomega Guest, connect a Zip drive, startup the Mac, insert the floppy and run Guest.) Of course, if you're using a Zip drive with your Mac, you should have the Iomega extension in the Extensions folder, as the OS itself doesn't have a driver to see a Zip disk. I also use older Iomega installers/software with older OSes; newer Iomega versions have a lot of extra, useless stuff. Andrew Main -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:" Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com