Re: Zip disk tools for Linux?

On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 22:15:42 +0000, bgeer wrote:

Now that my ATAPI zip drive is working properly again [sd_mod wasn't
loading automatically], I have a zip disk I'd like to rehab without
losing the contents. It got "read only" set on it while I was
thrashing with the drive.

I googled around some but haven't found any zip disk tools for Linux,
yet I did see a post indicating some were in development.

Anyone know of any?

I don't have a Windows machine, & my wife's Windows computer has a
ATAPI Zip drive in an IDE-USB case. I'll try Iomega tools on it when
I get home from holiday, but I'd prefer her not having an excuse to
tell me I should have Windows...:-)

Much obliged, Bob

If you can read the contents why don't you just copy them to your hard
drive and then write them to a CD? ZIP drives are unreliable and the media
was expensive, the only reason to use one is to recover the data that you
stored on them years ago. For doing backups a DVD-R+- or a CD-R is much
better, they are more reliable and the media is practically free. For
sneaker net applications a USB keyring is much nicer, a 1G USB keyring is
$40.
.

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