Zip-250 drive using PCMCIA

mandrakeuser083 · 11-11-2007, 03:23 PM

I've been given a Zip250 drive (model Z250USBPCM), which I'd like to attach to my Mva2006 box. There is a USB and a PCMCIA connector on the drive. When I connected it via the USB, 2006 tried to configure it but failed; I've since read that "Iomega does not support using USB drives in Linux". Has anyone out there any experience with this drive using the PCMCIA-interface? Thanks.

bigrigdriver · 11-17-2007, 07:30 AM

If you are refering to the parallel port connector, hook up the zip drive and 'modprobe imm' to load the kernel module.

On boot up with the zip connected, you may see an error that mounting /dev/sda4 failed. If you boot with a disk in the zip drive, the error goes away.

mandrakeuser083 · 12-05-2007, 10:10 AM

Well, the problem is solved. I bought a PCMCIA-cable for the drive, uncoupled the parallel-interfaced ZIP-100 drive (mandy gets confused if BOTH are connected), plugged in the ZIP-250, rebooted and... ... it worked. No mods to fstat or anything else. Magnificent. That's computing (and mandy) for you!!
Many thanks for your help.