Luchezar, > FreeDOS formatting tool is FORMAT currently maintained by Eric Auer. Why > don't you try to use FORMAT on your ZIP first? > I would if I could, but FreeDOS doesn't 'see' the ZIP drive, it only sees A: & the CDROM. Therefore FreeDOS won't allow me to do anything to my ZIP drive.
> By the way, doesn't IOMEGA recommend that only their tools be used for > formatting ZIP disks? > Correct, which I only found out about this morning. > Perhaps ZIPs are somewhat non-standard and / or picky about the tools used > to deal with them? > Perhaps you missed this; http://makeashorterlink.com/?K379136B7 " Should I format my Jaz or Zip disk with FAT32? Answer Iomega® does not support nor recommend the use of FAT32 formatting with Zip® or Jaz® disks. Warning: Data integrity maybe an issue using FAT32 formatting. Iomega recommends formatting Zip and Jaz disks with the IomegaWare™ software format option." -- Jim Lilly - Team Z http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/teamzBios.jsp Using - Virtual Access(OLR), ZAP 4.5, & WinXP Pro w/SP1 http://www.virtual-access.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
