On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 09:56:49AM -0700, mjv wrote: > Also, I assume I can create a Linux fs on a zip disk - and I assume that since > we can squeeze 1.6meg from a regular floppy, the same could be true with > squeezing > extra space from the Zip floppy. Anyone have any experience with this?
I'd say no chance. The floppy drive allows you to use higher density and more tracks than are usually used on floppy disks, but there's no reason to think that the Zip drive will let you do this. Since it's Iomega-controlled, I'm pretty sure they'd be using the absolutely maximum reliable capacity of the disk. With floppy drives, individual manufactures can't just started calling their drives 1.6mb because they're standard drives. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
