| From: | Darren Steer |
| Date: | 12 Jun 2001 at 13:26:59 |
| Subject: | Re: still no zip disk joy |
>--- In amigactive@y..., myamiga@y... wrote:
>>
>> some of you people gave me some mountlists earlier.
>>
>> do i have to format the disks on the amiga using them? i got some
>> that where pre-formated [packet said ibm formatted] but these
>> mountlists once setup couldnt read them.
>
>If you were using a mountlist for Crossdos or fat95 filesystems
>then you do not need to format the disk to use it.
>
>> is it possible to create a mountlist that`ll read pre-formatted zip
>> disks?
>
>See above answer (yes).
>
?> havent tried formating them on the amiga then using on pc yet as my
>> contact with a pc isnt that regular [and wont be till i have this
>> zip thing figured] so i`m asking here first.
>
>If you plan to use your Zip disk on both systems, even infrequently
>on the PC, then you may as well stick with the PC filesystem.
>I haven't had any joy formatting a Zip disk on an Amiga to use with
>a PC and I recall other people mentioning the same problem: don't
>format it on an Amiga for MSDOS.
Hi there,
I am able to format zip disks for use on msdos, with my Amiga
I use FormatZip from Aminet, its in the disk/misc directory.
You just use it formatzip <device name> and it will make the zip disk
usable on pc's
Bye
Darren Steer
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