Hi INAZTE, sorry, you did not tell us your real name. [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > I have had a Ditto 2gb for several years I have never been able to find > media for it and I am getting ready to say adios to this system....... where's the problem? Some days ago I bought new media for this type of drive in the next computer and office store. Actually the old 2GB (1GB netto) cartridges aren't available anymore, but the ditto 2G drive is ready to handle the 3.7 (1.85 GB netto) media. You did not tell us where you tried to buy them, but even in good old Germany Iomega products are available off the shelf. Did you try Iomega's homepage for information about the next reseller? > I have > tried the other tapes but cannot get them to work as it says it does not > recognize that there is a tape inserted. What was IOMEGA thinking with > this thing It has kept me from ever buying IOMEGA again I feel really > burned The drive is able to read old QIC-80 tapes. But it cannot format tapes, so you have to use the preformatted tapes of Iomega. :-( Are you sure that your tape is ok? You have a two year warrenty and Iomega stand's to this. I tried it, no problem. If you insert a tape into the drive, it should start some positioning operations. This is done by the drive itself and has nothing to do with any software on your machine. This positioning operation may need up to one minute or so, depending on the tape. If your drive does not stop spooling after inserting a cartridge, the tape is despooled. You may look at Iomega's support page for advice to repair this. One hint: if your tape was not used for several months it may be wise to clean head _and_ the tape-end detection LED system (photoelectric barrier). Keeping this tape-end detection clean prevents your drive from unspooling tapes. Use a cotton bud (Q-tip) and isopropanol. Keep in mind, under Linux (ftape 4.0x) you need 3 modules loaded to have access to the tape: ftape, zftape and ftape-internal. Sorry If this bothers you. > ... Martin Jacobs -- Martin Jacobs * Windsbach * [EMAIL PROTECTED] und [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #87175
