on 19.01.2003 23:17, Carlos at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > One quirky thing I've never solved that perhaps someone here can explain. > Occasionally the MacOS (version 8.1 & 8.6 at least) sees a mounted zip > volume as a fixed drive. When trying to eject it, I get the message "This > volume will reappear on the desktop when you restart", and the disk remains > in the drive and won't eject unless I push the manual eject button. I've > even had to drill a hole on the zip bezel in my 6500 because I had a zip > disk "stuck" in the drive like this. Never figured it out other than to > restart and push the eject button. Anyway, there's my spin on it. >
Carlos, That's not a bug, it's a feature <grin>. Actually, it is a part of the driver specification to be able to emulate a fixed drive. FWB HDT was able to exploit this, for sure, but I can't recall which, if any, versions of IomegaWare exposed this. Another quirk of the driver spec is that the drive is seen as an optical drive and not as large floppy by Mac OS, according to Connectix. I discovered this when I requested direct support for Zip under Virtual PC. -- Paul F. Henegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
