The Eighth Doctor wrote:
> Hello from the Eighth Doctor
> I have two computers here. One is a Dell, he sometimes has Zipslack installed. The
> other is a no-name brand. He has now, version 10.1 of Slackware installed natively.
> When I've got Zipslack installed and running perfectly, I attempt to view the
> contents of a Zip 100 disk while running Linux. That disk would be a FAT16
> formatted one. It would then cause a glitch while using mtools to view, or otherwise
> manipulate the contents. However, on the other one, and with the exact same type of
> drive installed on it, this didn't happen. I am now bringing over files from a bundle
> of disks. Comments, please?
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> Gregg drwho8 atsign att dot net
> "This signature is invalid, please reset."
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IIRC, the earlier (IDE) Zip drives did not act or react like the later
Zips did. IOMega used to provide special drivers for Windows, to access
(read/write) the earlier drives.

Could your problem be that your Zip drives are one of each generation?


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