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- Short: Format Iomega ZIP drives for MSDOS PCs
- Author: Alexander Feigl <sp7ock@dl-net.de>
- Uploader: Alexander Feigl <sp7ock@dl-net.de>
- Version: 0.1
- Type: disk/misc
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- This is a PRERELEASE of FormatZIP - a utility to format Iomega ZIP
- drives for MSDOS PCs. This is impossible with the usual format command
- of AmigaOS because with the usual format command you would theoretically
- create a ZIP disk in floppy disk format. The ZIP disks used on PCs are
- in "harddisk format" with one single partition and CrossDOSFilesystem
- cannot create this partition table.
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- FormatZIP was compiled with GCC for Amiga - sources are included
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- FormatZIP is freely distributable as long as the name of the author is
- not removed.
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- Usage :
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- FormatZIP <device> <unit>
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- Examples:
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- FormatZIP scsi.device 5 - format a ZIP drive attached at SCSI ID 5
- of your "scsi.device"
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- FormatZIP cybscsi.device 5 - same as above with Phase 5 SCSI controller
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- CAUTION : If you select the wrong device your harddisk will become an
- EMPTY!!!!!! ZIP :-) I am NOT responsible for unrecoverable
- loss of data!!!
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- You have to cause a diskchange after FormatZIP
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- Future :
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- - use DOS devices as parameter instead of exec devices
- - lock all DOS devices of this ZIP drive while formatting
- (this will cause a diskchange afterwards)
- - Don't hardcode the drive geometry - this would make this tool usable
- for Jaz drives, too. For this I'll need information about MSDOS
- MBR
- - using CrossDOSFileSystem for formatting of the partition.
- Problem: V2.1 CrossFS is buggy
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- Author :
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- Please EMail bug reports & suggestions to:
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- Alexander Feigl <sp7ock@dl-net.de>
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