<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="ZIP-Drive-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO</H1> <H2>Kyle Dansie, <CODE> dansie@ibm.net</CODE></H2>v2.5, 07 March 2002 <P><HR> <EM>This Document provides a quick reference quide on setting up and using the Iomega ZIP drive with Linux. </EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-1.html#ss1.1">1.1 Home of this document</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-2.html">Quick Start</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-3.html">Configuring a kernel for the ZIP drive</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 SCSI version</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html">The ZIP drive</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Parallel port version Zip100</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 SCSI external version</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 The SCSI Internal version</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 The ZIP Plus - IMM driver</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 ATAPI version</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 IDE version</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.7">4.7 USB version</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html#ss4.8">4.8 ZIP250 version</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-5.html">Troubleshooting Install</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html">Using the ZIP drive</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Fdisk, mke2fs, mount, etc.</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 An existing DOS formatted disk</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Re-format as a native Linux disk</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 fstab entries</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html#ss6.5">6.5 The ZIP Tools disk</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-7.html">Performance</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html">Frequently asked questions</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.1">8.1 Can I plug a printer into the parallel ZIP drive ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.2">8.2 Do you plan to support EPP/ECP ports in PPA ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.3">8.3 Can I run Linux from a ZIP drive ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.4">8.4 Can I boot from the ZIP drive ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.5">8.5 Why does Iomega use partition number 4 ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.6">8.6 How can I have the disk mounted at boot time ? </A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.7">8.7 What happens if there is no disk inserted when I boot ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.8">8.8 Can I use the parallel drive as a real SCSI disk ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.9">8.9 Can PPA be used with Iomega's parallel port tape drives ?</A> <LI><A HREF="ZIP-Drive-8.html#ss8.10">8.10 Will PPA work with the parallel port SyQuest EZ135 ?</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-9.html">Getting more current information </A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>