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  From: Andrew Hill <list@fornax.net>
  To  : 'linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au' <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:23:58 +1030

Re: ZIP DRIVE

Don Collins wrote:
> The assumption here by Robyn is that you wish to get a SCSI ZIP drive.  Which do
> you wish to get?  ATAPI (IDE) 250MB Zip drives are excellent value at the
> moment.  Not sure of any compatibility problems tho or whether mounting is a
> hassle.

Sorry, forgot to mention that the ATAPI ones work fine. (And that
they'll probably be sold as IDE - it's all close enough :-)

> Robyn Manning wrote:
> 
> > In RedHat 6.0 all you have to do is
> >         insmod ppa
> >         mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip

Just use /dev/hdx4 instead, where x happens to be the drive that it is.

Cheers,

-- 

Andrew Hill

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