Hi Jason, ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason To: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Hardware:Zip:Plug > Keith Smith wrote: > > amd500 > > Which one? K6-2, K6-3( 3+ or whatever its called ...) or Athlon? > both are K6-2 > > > Now here is the question. I was told by a friend that these zip > > drives cause a lot of trouble as a rule. He says they cause bus > > problems. > > I havent had any problems with a zip disk on my IDE bus yet (you > mentioned internal, but not IDE or SCSI.. since you didnt mention a > SCSI card, I am guessing the ZIP disk is an IDE / ATAPI one) but I am > using it under Linux. > Its an IDE. > > On the other hand, I have had atrocious problems with the IDE bus with > my CDR (A Mitsumi) and a generic 32x CDROM when reading disks that > arent quite perfect... the drive basically ends up ruining that IDE > bus. A Toshiba 4X drive I have, on the other hand, generates none of > these errors. > That is one of the problems I get with my Zip and it showed up in my CD reader and my CD writer both. Remove Zip drive, problem solved. > I understand that the ZIP drivers provided by iomega are quite a bit > more aggressive than those that come for Linux. I am not sure if there > are any patches out there or not, but its worth looking into, > especially in your case. > I did not install the zip stuff on the second. It think M$ provides something? > -- > jkenner @ mindspring . com__ > I Support Linux: _> _ _ |_ _ _ _| > Working Together To <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_| > To Build A Better Future. | > Thanks for all your help, Keith > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss