Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 6 Dec 1996 08:25:01 +0100 (MET) | From | Julian Sassenscheidt <> | Subject | Re: Zip drive with IDE |
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On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Vampy wrote:
> > Hello. I was looking for backup driver for my linux box. I read about the > linux-zipDrive-howto in sunsite. And it said that the external zip drive > is SCSI designed. I have an IDE controller. Is it possible external zip > dirve will work on my computer if I compiled my kernel to support SCSI > device?
Hei there...
You definitley CAN'T run a SCSI-device on a IDE-controller. But You can buy a ZIP-drive for the parallel port. The SCSI-driver for the ZIP-drive is for the parallel drive, it uses the ZIP-drive as a SCSI-device, even if You have no SCSI-controller. The SCSI-version of the ZIP-drive don't need any driver if You have a SCSI-Controller and compiled the SCSI generic support in Your kernel.
best, julisn
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