Re: ZIP drives

[Nate Duehr]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2000 at 12:02:08PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote:
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> 
> > Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
> > was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.
> 
> For all intents and purposes they just work - you just need to make sure
> you have the right driver loaded.  Since it's a recent device it'll
> probably be the imm driver - it's listed as a SCSI driver.

I have an ATAPI Zip I'm pretty happy with... no messing with anything to
get it working... latest kernels even know it's a Zip! 

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Re: ZIP drives

[Igor Mozetic]

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> Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
> was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.

It works fine for me. You have to include SCSI support in the kernel
(even if it's ATAPI parpot ZIP). The following is what I have in 2.2.14:

CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_SCSI_IMM=m
CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16=y

-Igor Mozetic

Re: ZIP drives

[Matthias Hertel]

Konrad Mierendorff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Michael Meskes wrote:
> > 
> > Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
> > was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.
> 
> AFAIK parallel ZIP-drives are *dead* slow!
> 
> - Konrad Mierendorff

...but fast enough. After configuring my printer port to use EPP, I
get 400KB/s under both Windows and Linux, reading and writing. Without
EPP I get 80KB/s or so reading, twice that writing---parallel port
weren't really meant for fast reading. This might be what Konrad
refers to as dead slow, but as you see it's all just a matter of
configuration.

This is an "old style" (ppa driver) 100MB parallel zip drive on a
Pentium Pro 200.

If you don't plan to carry your zip drive around, I would recommend
the ATAPI version. It doesn't need any special drivers (in Windows 95
and Linux, that is), is more than twice as fast (about 1MB/s for the
100MB version), and cheaper, too.

Matthias Hertel

Re: ZIP drives

[Christian Hammers]

> > Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
> > was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.
> AFAIK parallel ZIP-drives are *dead* slow!
My 100MB Zip used to have 100kb/s IIRC, but it has a hardware defect 
since a couple of days so I am not sure.

bye,

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Re: ZIP drives

[Konrad Mierendorff]

Michael Meskes wrote:
> 
> Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
> was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.

AFAIK parallel ZIP-drives are *dead* slow!

- Konrad Mierendorff

Re: ZIP drives

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
> was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.

For all intents and purposes they just work - you just need to make sure
you have the right driver loaded.  Since it's a recent device it'll
probably be the imm driver - it's listed as a SCSI driver.

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ZIP drives

[Michael Meskes]

Do I have to be careful when buying a ZIP drive or does it "just" work? I
was thinking about a parallel port ZIP with 250MB cartridges.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Michael

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IMM.o driver module for Zip Drives

[Rob Lundahl]

Hello;

I am compiling the imm.o module for external Zip
drives. The new drives do not work with the ppa.o
module. If anyone is interested in the compiled module
let me know.

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Re: Zip drives

[Peter Berlau]

Date forwarded: 5 Nov 1998 10:38:38 -
To: "Chang, FKK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Copies to:  debian user 
Subject:        Re: Zip drives
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Date sent:  05 Nov 1998 11:37:07 +0100
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Hi,
> "Chang, FKK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Is there a package that can get/set the status of Zip disks like
> > the Iomega tools do (write protect, unprotect until eject, etc.)?
> 
I remember there is a extra toolset for zipdrives when You
are using the Debian 2.0 Hamm Version distributed from
Lehmann
I think other manufactors do also add this tool it's 
exactly does the things You asked for
> You should install the mtools package which provides the mzip command
> that can be used to change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz
> drive.
> 
> Chris
> 
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Wish You All The Very Best
   Peter

Re: Zip drives

[Christophe Broult]

"Chang, FKK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Is there a package that can get/set the status of Zip disks like
> the Iomega tools do (write protect, unprotect until eject, etc.)?

You should install the mtools package which provides the mzip command
that can be used to change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz
drive.

Chris

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Zip drives

[Chang, FKK]

Hello all,

Is there a package that can get/set the status of Zip disks like
the Iomega tools do (write protect, unprotect until eject, etc.)?

Bye

Felix

Re: ZIP & ZIP+ drives -Infos found

[Max Lawson]

>   Hello Adrian, 
> 
> Thanx a lot for your answer. 
> 
> Below are other interesting 
> informations I've received 
> from Phillipe Anderson.
> 
> Regards, Max
> 
> 
> - Begin Included Message -
> 
> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jun 16 17:33 MET 1998
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 17:33:57 +0200
> From: Philippe Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ZIP & ZIP+ drives
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> 
> Hello Max,
> 
> Yes, the Parallel version of the ZIP drive is supported by default by
> all recent versions of the kernel (for sure as of 2.0.32, possibly with
> all 2.0.x). To enable support for it, recompile your kernel with SCSI
> support (yes, even if you haven't any SCSI adapter), SCSI disk support,
> and for the adaptor, choose Iomega PPA driver.
> 
> Regarding the ZIP Plus, a driver have just been developed by Dave
> Campbell. See the following URL :
> 
> http://www.torque.net/~campbell/ (file is imm.tar.gz)
> 
> Beware : the code is in Alpha stage, but seems quite usable and stable
> enough (I'm using it - rarely - without problem). Also please note that
> ZIP+ only needs a special driver to be used in parallel mode ; if you've
> got a SCSI board, you don't have a problem.
> 
> If you need documentation, go to the LDP (on sunsite), in the
> unmaintained/mini section, there is a ZIP-Drive.txt (it somewhat old :
> 01/96 but still worth reading). I'm also in the business of publishing a
> updated version of the stuff, transformed in a full-blown sgml howto,
> but in the early draft stage as yet. Don't wait for it.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Ph. A.
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> To: Max Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:25:56 +0200
> Subject: Re[2]: ZIP & ZIP+ drives
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> 
> 
> 
> Hello again, Max.
> 
> Just a word of warning since you mentionned you were considering the
> purchase of a ZIP and didn't own one yet. You might want to have a
> look at the "Click of Death" Home Page (see URL :
> http://www.thirdeyesp.com/jatin/iomega/). Recent ZIP drives seem to be
> vulnerable to some kind of "disease" called "Click of Death". I own
> mine (ZIP+) for a few month and never had any problem, but also I must
> say that I don't use it quite often.
> 
> Up to you to decide - just thought you'd rather hear about this before
> purchasing than after (as I had).
> 
> Good luck. Bye.
> 
> Ph. A.
> 
> 
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> Subject: Re: ZIP & ZIP+ drives
> Author:  Max Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at SCITEX
> Date:6/17/98 8:29 AM
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  Dear Phillipe,
>  I thank you a lot for your answer.
> I still don't know which one I'm going to buy though :-(
> However, I'm quite happy to learn that work is in progress :-)
> First, I'm  going to have a running box !!
> Hope to see your Howto soon.
> Regards, Max.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Re: ZIP & ZIP+ drives

[Mike Schmitz]

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 09:55:15PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 03:45:45PM +0200, Max Lawson wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I know the ZIP drive is supported in the kernel; and 
> > I would like to know if the ZIP+ drive is supported too. 
> 
> Not yet - try looking at http://www.torque.net/zip.html
> 
You probably want to make that http://www.torque.net/~campbell/

Actually there is an alpha driver available there.

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Re: ZIP & ZIP+ drives

[Adrian Bridgett]

On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 03:45:45PM +0200, Max Lawson wrote:
>   Hi, 
> 
> I know the ZIP drive is supported in the kernel; and 
> I would like to know if the ZIP+ drive is supported too. 

Not yet - try looking at http://www.torque.net/zip.html

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ZIP & ZIP+ drives

[Max Lawson]

Hi, 

I know the ZIP drive is supported in the kernel; and 
I would like to know if the ZIP+ drive is supported too. 

Thanx in advance, Max


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Re: Using Dselect With ZIP drives

[Alex Yukhimets]

> I think I figured it out. I have been downloading the packages stright to
> my HD and then copying them to my ZIP drive (on another comp) then I take
> the ZIP drive and use it to run the packages, I think that I just haven't
> copied those packages yet. What I did was put the packages file in the root
> dir and then just copy the folder names to the root dir e.g.:
> 
> ZIP-100-
> |
> Packages
> |
> admin
> |
> x11
> 
> I think you get the idea, do you think this should work?

Actually, you don't need all those admin/editord/x11 etc. directories,
just  

ZIP/

   main/
Packages.gz
*.deb
   contrib/
Packages.gz
*.deb
   non-free/
Packages.gz
*.deb
*Make sure you have all those Pakages.gz files*

Hope this helps.

Alex Y.

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Re: Using Dselect With ZIP drives

[Allen Burns]

I think I figured it out. I have been downloading the packages stright to
my HD and then copying them to my ZIP drive (on another comp) then I take
the ZIP drive and use it to run the packages, I think that I just haven't
copied those packages yet. What I did was put the packages file in the root
dir and then just copy the folder names to the root dir e.g.:

ZIP-100-
|
Packages
|
admin
|
x11

I think you get the idea, do you think this should work?


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Using Dselect With ZIP drives

[Allen Burns]

I have download most of the debian packages off of their website (time,
time, time) and I have put them on a ZIP disk, the problem that I get is I
will run dselect and when I got to install it says "Skipping deselected
package XXX" Can somebody please tell me what directory structure I need
for this? Thanx


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paralell zip drives and debian

[justin honold]

i'm having trouble with the ppa driver running debian 1.3.1 (2.0.30
kernel).  i have lp and ppa as modules so i can turn them on and off (as
they conflict with each other).  if i insmod ppa from bash and mount
/dev/sda4 everything runs cool...  but if i put ppa in /etc/modules it
says it's unable to locate module dependencies for it.  i ran depmod on
it and it didn't work.  what is the debian equivalent of rc.local so i
could try modprobe ppa on startup?

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