Can this conversation end? It's sort of off topic?
Thanks,
Chris
On Thursday 09 November 2000 17:38, you wrote:
> 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
