Re: [newbie] zip drives
On my zip drive there's a small, translucent plastic button. When the drive is accessed the button glows green. I've watched that button glow for a year. I used windoze and always ejected the cartridge via a software command. I never thought to press it until I read your suggestion. So, I give it a try, just to see what happens, and low and behold, the drive ejects the cartridge whether I umount it first, or not. I knew as soon as I sent my request for help that it sounded pretty lame. I knew I'd get some reply about pressing the eject button, something I knew I didn't have one of. Well... Thanks very much from a newly commissioned officer of the brain dead newbie division. I assume I need to umount /mnt/zip before I eject the cartridge? Like not ejecting a floppy without unmounting the file, first? On Saturday 14 April 2001 09:58, you wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2001 08:51, thus spake mike hodder: I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows. Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible" How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive? Um... press the eject button? ;-) Seriously, though, if the eject button isn't working, then probably you need to unmount it first. I know my cdrom works that way. I insert a cd, then mount the drive. Once I am done with it, I need to unmount the drive before I can eject the cd. Dave -- Regards Mike Hodder
Re: [newbie] zip drives
On Sunday 15 April 2001 10:12, you wrote: On my zip drive there's a small, translucent plastic button. When the drive is accessed the button glows green. I've watched that button glow for a year. I used windoze and always ejected the cartridge via a software command. I never thought to press it until I read your suggestion. So, I give it a try, just to see what happens, and low and behold, the drive ejects the cartridge whether I umount it first, or not. I knew as soon as I sent my request for help that it sounded pretty lame. I knew I'd get some reply about pressing the eject button, something I knew I didn't have one of. Well... Thanks very much from a newly commissioned officer of the brain dead newbie division. I assume I need to umount /mnt/zip before I eject the cartridge? Like not ejecting a floppy without unmounting the file, first? if you are using supermount, you might be able to get away without unmounting it (that's the main idea behind supermount), otherwise you will eventually run into problems if you do not unmount before pressing the button. You can always use the eject command, which will do an unmount prior to ejecting the disk, be careful though, the springs in some zip drives will send a disk flying. -- Alex Kernel Panic is General Failure's second in command
Re: [newbie] zip drives
If you wish to eject it with a software command under Linux, type eject /mnt/zip or eject /dev/sda4 that is if your zip drive is on that device, if you want more info please don't hesitate to ask me. On Sunday 15 April 2001 09:12 am, so spoke mike hodder: On my zip drive there's a small, translucent plastic button. When the drive is accessed the button glows green. I've watched that button glow for a year. I used windoze and always ejected the cartridge via a software command. I never thought to press it until I read your suggestion. So, I give it a try, just to see what happens, and low and behold, the drive ejects the cartridge whether I umount it first, or not. I knew as soon as I sent my request for help that it sounded pretty lame. I knew I'd get some reply about pressing the eject button, something I knew I didn't have one of. Well... Thanks very much from a newly commissioned officer of the brain dead newbie division. I assume I need to umount /mnt/zip before I eject the cartridge? Like not ejecting a floppy without unmounting the file, first? On Saturday 14 April 2001 09:58, you wrote: On Saturday 14 April 2001 08:51, thus spake mike hodder: I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows. Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible" How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive? Um... press the eject button? ;-) Seriously, though, if the eject button isn't working, then probably you need to unmount it first. I know my cdrom works that way. I insert a cd, then mount the drive. Once I am done with it, I need to unmount the drive before I can eject the cd. Dave
Re: [newbie] zip drives
Thank you. On Sunday 15 April 2001 11:31, you wrote: If you wish to eject it with a software command under Linux, type eject /mnt/zip or eject /dev/sda4 that is if your zip drive is on that device, if you want more info please don't hesitate to ask me. -- Regards Mike Hodder
Re: [newbie] zip drives
I believe I'm using supermount, or whatever came in the 7.2 dist. I've decided to umount anyway, just to be safe. The image of a zip drive flying across the room is wonderful. -- Regards Mike Hodder
[newbie] zip drives
I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows. Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible" How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive? -- Regards Mike Hodder
Re: [newbie] zip drives
umount /mnt/zip ... On Saturday 14 April 2001 14:51, you wrote: I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows. Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible" How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive?
Re: [newbie] zip drives
On Saturday 14 April 2001 08:51, thus spake mike hodder: I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows. Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible" How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive? Um... press the eject button? ;-) Seriously, though, if the eject button isn't working, then probably you need to unmount it first. I know my cdrom works that way. I insert a cd, then mount the drive. Once I am done with it, I need to unmount the drive before I can eject the cd. Dave -- "...[W]e preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." (1 Cor 1:23-24)
Re: [newbie] zip drives
On Saturday 14 April 2001 09:51, you wrote: I'm another newbie refugee from the unstable world of windows. Naturally, therefore, my hardware is "windoze compatible" How do I eject a cartridge out of a zip drive? eject /dev/zip -- Alex Kernel Panic is General Failure's second in command
[newbie] Zip drives and printers on the same port
I recall a year or so back that then-modules (correct term?) for zip drives ran, but not if you had a printer hooked up to the drive's backside. I now discover that if on ML72 (HP Pavilion) I configure my printer, Konquerer hangs up when I try to access the zip drive. Does rule still apply, or is there a way to get the PC to see both and have them both respond? Any thoughts would be appreciated... Best regards to all, Pete Spotts
Re: [newbie] Zip drives and printers on the same port
On Saturday 27 January 2001 03:06 pm, you wrote: I recall a year or so back that then-modules (correct term?) for zip drives ran, but not if you had a printer hooked up to the drive's backside. I now discover that if on ML72 (HP Pavilion) I configure my printer, Konquerer hangs up when I try to access the zip drive. Does rule still apply, or is there a way to get the PC to see both and have them both respond? I have both hookedup and installed, the zip works fine but I can't print at all. I used to be able to print, I think it is the zip drive thing.
[newbie] ZIP Drives in Linux
After long months of trying to get my Zip drive working in all flavors of linux I discovered that you have to have your BIOS set the parport to EPP ONLY on booting, no ECP, no EPP+ECP or anything else. The other thing that I found that makes using Zip drives under Linux easy is a program called LOMEGA. You get a GUI similar to Iomega's Iomegaware. It allows you to lock and unlock disks and supports compressed file backups. I got mine at SourceForge -- John Batt, OSL [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 103056686 Windows 9X: A 32 bit extension and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition! -- Unknown.
[newbie] Zip Drives
Hello: I have an internal (IDE) Zip drive in my box. It shows up during the booting process, but I can't seem to access it when I'm actually in linux. All my hardrives, CD-Roms, and floppies show up on the desktop. Is there a way to get the Zip to automatically show up there as well? Thanks, Riker -- Linux - The way of the future
Re: [newbie] Zip Drives
Riker wrote: Hello: I have an internal (IDE) Zip drive in my box. It shows up during the booting process, but I can't seem to access it when I'm actually in linux. All my hardrives, CD-Roms, and floppies show up on the desktop. Is there a way to get the Zip to automatically show up there as well? Thanks, Riker -- Linux - The way of the future Zip drives will be recognized but won't activate automatically, at least not in 7.1. Try the helpful hints on " http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/mountzip.html " That should get your zip drive mounted, and the last part tells you how to put an icon on the desktop so you can point and click. -- Dennis M. a registered Linux User #180842
