But, but, but...... I just downloaded Iomega's own driver for the Zip 250 (I'm
trying to find out why you can only put 119MB when using Linux) so how can they
possibly say "Oh we don't support Linux. Goodbye." !?!?!?!?!????? Tell them
they DO support Linux, it says so on their web site !
Owen
On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> from the quill of Robert L Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > which iomega product is not supported
>
> By Iomega? All of them.
>
> > by linux
>
> Most of them work. That is not the point however.
>
> > Jazz /Zip use either standard drivers (scsi card) or named drivers
> > from
> > the kernel (buried in the iomega site is a
> > download for PPA/IMM Zip drives)
> > the cd should use standard drivers (panasonic??)
> > ditto uses more or less standard drivers (its scsi??)
> >
> > so what is the deal with iomega??
>
> The deal is that I had a Jaz drive eating disks. It was a bad drive,
> plain and simple. But do they trust my word for that fact? Nope.
>
> "What O/S are you running?"
> "Uhm, Linux."
> "Oh we don't support Linux. Goodbye."
> "No wait. It's got nothing to do with the O/S. It's destroying disks."
> "But we don't support Linux."
> "Linux, Windows, MacOS, it doesn't matter. The drive is physically
> destroying disks. It's got nothing to do with the O/S."
> "Sorry, we don't support Linux. Goodbye."
>
> That is why I will NEVER do business with Iomega again. If things work,
> great. If not though, you are SOL. That is unacceptable from a vendor.
>
> b.
>
>
>
> --
> Brian J. Murrell
