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- From: rudd@ug1.plk.af.mil (Douglas Rudd)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Dummy Guide to Iomega Zip Drive
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 08:16:27 -0700
- Organization: Air Force Phillips Lab.
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- <franknm8@eden.com> writes:
-
- >I found the Dummy Guide to Iomega Zip Drive off the Amiga page, and did
- >everything the guide says to get my Amiga 1200 (with a Squirrel SCSI
- >interface) to recognize a PC Zip Disk. I put ZIPPC in the Devs: Dos
- >drivers drawer. I started my 1200. I double clicked on the ZIPPC icon.
- >The computer told me "error: The device ZIPPC: is already mounted." I
- >thought, "Good. The driver works." However, the PC Zip disk didn't
- >appear on my screen. I didn't panic. I simply opened a shell window, and
- >typed "Diskchange ZIPPC:" as the guide told me. Nothing happened. I
- >typed it in a few more times, as the guide said I might have to.
- >Nothing. What am I doing wrong?
-
- >I have formatted several Zip disks as Amiga disks, but I really need to
- >have my 1200 recognize a PC disk. CrossDOS works fine with DF0: but not
- >with the Zip drive.
-
- I have used pc syquests with good success. You will need the CrossDos disk
- to set up the pc zip. If you are using CrossDos that is included with your
- OS, it won't do. Only the CrossDos product disk will let you set it up. The
- directions are on that disk or in the CrossDos manual.
-
-
- Doug Rudd
-