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Re: E/L and Zip Drive install?



Jae Hoon Kim (jaehoonkim@uncc.campus.mci.net) wrote:
: I have installed Linux 3.0 on my system,
: but I'm having problem mouting zip drive on Linux system.
: Anyone knows how to mount zip(scsi or parallel) into Linux?

	For a parallel Zip, you'll need the ppa.c SCSI driver, which recently
got put in to the 1.3.x kernels, and it's a module for earlier ones.  I don't
have the ftp site handy - check comp.os.linux.hardware for the ZIP faq.

	For a SCSI Zip, you need a working Linux-compatible SCSI card setup
(the ZIP Zoom will do just nicely, since it's basically an Adaptec 152x 
series card) and the SCSI disk driver built into your built kernel.  (Make
sure the kernel sources are installed - I assume you're running slackware)

	(If that's too vague, look at some of the kernel building and ZIP
drive info in the Linux newsgroups and sunsite...)

	Once the drive is set up under Linux, you can use a Mac ZIP disk by
entering 'export MacVolumes=/dev/sda' (it's usually /dev/sda) before running
Executor.  Make sure the Mac disk is in the drive before running Executor,
at least until beta1.

: Also, in order to run Executor under linux, do I have to install
: X-windows on my linux system?

	If you can use svgalib (it should be in your Slackware setup disks 
somewhere) well, you can use executor-svga which does not need X (it's faster
than the X version anyway...)

	Also, if you want to use Executor for >10 minutes at a time, it's 
probably a good idea to register soon, since prices will go up once the 
beta1 comes out...

	Good luck!

	- Chad

: Thank you.

: Jay


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