SyQuest EZ-Drive IDE & Linux?

SyQuest EZ-Drive IDE & Linux?

Post by Xavier Merte » Sun, 10 Dec 1995 04:00:00



Hi,
I've the opportunity to buy a very cheap EZ-Drive (IDE - 135mb).
Can somebody tell me if this hardware will work on my Linux box?
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SyQuest EZ-Drive IDE & Linux?

Post by Sean A. Lo » Mon, 11 Dec 1995 04:00:00


: Hi,
: I've the opportunity to buy a very cheap EZ-Drive (IDE - 135mb).
: Can somebody tell me if this hardware will work on my Linux box?

yes.  Mine works.  you will need a prog "rread" to change media if you
aren't using kernels 1.3.x...

Sean Long

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1. Syquest EZ-Drive 135MB IDE version

: Have anybody tried to boot linux from an EZ-drive IDE version? I'm
: planning to buy one but not before I'm sure it will work OK with linux.

Been there. Done that. It works fine if you use LOADLIN from your DOS
drive to boot LINUX on your EZ135 cartridge. You can even run X from
the EZ drive. You're limited to 128 Megs though.

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