Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-10 Thread Sergio P. Korlowsky
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000, you wrote: from the quill of Robert L Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] which iomega product is not supported By Iomega? All of them. by linux Most of them work. That is not the point however. Jazz /Zip use either standard drivers

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott (DO NOT REPLY!!!)

2000-11-10 Thread Christopher Molnar
Please stop this conversation!!! This is not the place for it! -Chris

Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Vadim Plessky
On Thursday 09 November 2000 14:21, Giuseppe Ghibo' wrote: | "Brian J. Murrell" wrote: |"What O/S are you running?" |"Uhm, Linux." |"Oh we don't support Linux. Goodbye." |"No wait. It's got nothing to do with the O/S. It's destroying |disks." "But we don't support Linux."

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread Christopher Molnar
Can this conversation end? It's sort of off topic? Thanks, Chris On Thursday 09 November 2000 17:38, you wrote: But, but, but.. I just downloaded Iomega's own driver for the Zip 250 (I'm trying to find out why you can only put 119MB when using Linux) so how can they possibly say "Oh we

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread Giuseppe Ghibo'
"Brian J. Murrell" wrote: "What O/S are you running?" "Uhm, Linux." "Oh we don't support Linux. Goodbye." "No wait. It's got nothing to do with the O/S. It's destroying disks." "But we don't support Linux." "Linux, Windows, MacOS, it doesn't matter. The drive is physically destroying

Re: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Burkhard Zombronner
Am Donnerstag 09 November 2000 17:22 schrieben Sie: So sprach Vadim Plessky am Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 06:58:35PM +0300: Just want to ask people who using CD-recorders with Linux. What models you have? Any problems/glitches? TEAC CD-R56S SCSI No problems at all Alexander Skwar Yamaha CDR

RE: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Matt Grest
What models you have? Any problems/glitches? Up until very recently I was running an IDE Mitsumi 2801 on Mandrake 7.1. I had to recompile the kernel with SCSI emulation support, which wasn't too difficult. I used XCDROAST to write CD's. I don't think I had a single coaster out of over 100 burns

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread John Allen
"Brian J. Murrell" wrote: from the quill of Robert L Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > which iomega product is not supported By Iomega? All of them. > by linux Most of them work. That is not the point however. > Jazz /Zip use either standard drivers (scsi card) or named

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread Brian J. Murrell
from the quill of John Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course there is a way around that, "What O/S are you running?" "Uhm, Windows 98." "Ok we'll send you a replacement unit.." "Thanks." Not really. That only works until they say "Go to your Start Menu, select

Re: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Ryan Wahle
Go look at the cdrecord FAQ for the best drives that work perfectly. see ya. - Original Message - From: "Vadim Plessky" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call f

Re: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Sam
PROTECTED] wrote regarding Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]: On Thursday 09 November 2000 14:21, Giuseppe Ghibo' wrote: | "Brian J. Murrell" wrote: |"What O/S are you running?" |"Uhm, Linux." |"Oh we don't support Linu

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Larry Marshall am Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 09:04:38PM -0500: Heck, most of Kodak's digital specs are part of the configuration/setup of gPhoto. Okay, then Kodak is a good example after all. Sorry to have spread some wrong information. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote:

Re: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Vadim Plessky am Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 06:58:35PM +0300: Just want to ask people who using CD-recorders with Linux. What models you have? Any problems/glitches? TEAC CD-R56S SCSI No problems at all Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to

Re: Iomega and CD-Recorders support [Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott]

2000-11-09 Thread Arnold Troeger
Vadim Plessky wrote: On Thursday 09 November 2000 14:21, Giuseppe Ghibo' wrote: | "Brian J. Murrell" wrote: |"What O/S are you running?" |"Uhm, Linux." |"Oh we don't support Linux. Goodbye." |"No wait. It's got nothing to do with the O/S. It's destroying |disks."

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread OS
WellI haven't found a Iomega drive not supported by Linux but..if Linux support is so good how come you can only put 119MB on a Zip 250. Even gdiskfree shows it as only 51% full, but can you get any more on it ? nooo ! :-) Owen On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, you wrote: Turnabout is fair

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-09 Thread OS
But, but, but.. I just downloaded Iomega's own driver for the Zip 250 (I'm trying to find out why you can only put 119MB when using Linux) so how can they possibly say "Oh we don't support Linux. Goodbye." !?!?!?!?!? Tell them they DO support Linux, it says so on their web site ! Owen

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread pgeorges
"Brian J. Murrell" a écrit : We should be quite public about the fact that if a hardware vendor refuses to support Linux now, it will be shunned and boycotted when the time comes that they do want to support Linux. Let them gamble on not supporting Linux now when we need them. Turnabout is

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
from the quill of pgeorges [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let's make a step forward without polluting too much this list : - is there already a boycot web site, listing all harware vendors/manufacturers that should be boycotted, because linux unfriendly Keep in mind,

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread pgeorges
"Brian J. Murrell" a écrit : Keep in mind, boycotting should be the very last step. Every effort should be put into getting the vendor to want to play with Linux. We don't *want* to boycott anyone. Nobody wins when that happens. False. By boycotting Matrox, the Millemium card was finally

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Yoann Vandoorselaere
pgeorges [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Brian J. Murrell" a écrit : We should be quite public about the fact that if a hardware vendor refuses to support Linux now, it will be shunned and boycotted when the time comes that they do want to support Linux. Let them gamble on not supporting

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
from the quill of pgeorges [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] False. By boycotting Matrox, the Millemium card was finally supported in XFree. That was a win then yes. But I think the risks of alienating a vendor are higher than winning one over with boycotting tactics. I am not

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Meir Faraj
On Wednesday 08 November 2000 20:48, you wrote: from the quill of pgeorges [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] False. By boycotting Matrox, the Millemium card was finally supported in XFree. That was a win then yes. But I think the risks of alienating a vendor are higher

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Yoann Vandoorselaere am Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 07:40:44PM +0100: pgeorges [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (nvidia, phillips, IBM, etc.) ^^ People making binary driver don't make any effort towards Linux... What they do is getting money from you. While I agree to some degree with

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
from the quill of Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or have a look at Kodak's digital cameras. I have written software for the DC210. They at least (or did at least) publish the interface specs to their cameras. That is better than some. Actually I might argue

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread James A. Sutherland
On Wed, 08 Nov 2000, Brian J. Murrell wrote: from the quill of Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or have a look at Kodak's digital cameras. I have written software for the DC210. They at least (or did at least) publish the interface specs to their cameras.

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Ben Reser
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 09:30:44PM +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: anyone who's successfully using one of their RAID cards? I don't. Or have a look at Kodak's digital cameras. There's also not much support from them. Umm they publish their specs. They have an excellent developer relations

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Larry Marshall
anyone who's successfully using one of their RAID cards? I don't. Or have a look at Kodak's digital cameras. There's also not much support from them. Umm they publish their specs. They have an excellent developer relations program. And there is plenty of support for their cameras:

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Robert L Martin
Turnabout is fair play I say. I will NEVER buy another Iomega product EVER, and I am just biding my time until I can shuck my DSL vendor. which iomega product is not supported by linux Jazz /Zip use either standard drivers (scsi card) or named drivers from the kernel (buried in the iomega

Re: [Cooker] Call for boycott

2000-11-08 Thread Brian J. Murrell
from the quill of Robert L Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] on scroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] which iomega product is not supported By Iomega? All of them. by linux Most of them work. That is not the point however. Jazz /Zip use either standard drivers (scsi card) or named drivers from the kernel