In article <37es0jF5d0i0rU1@individual.net>, HuMJohn@aeroSurf.net says...
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>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
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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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> humjohn AT aerosurf DOT net
Hello from the Eighth Doctor
Could be... But I don't think so. What time period are you thinking of? I got the Dell
in March of 1999. And the Zip Drive about a month or two later. The one that the
current Slacker is wearing is from the same time period.
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Gregg drwho8 atsign att dot net
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