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Hi again,

I want to know if anyone uses Syquest EZ-Drive internal IDE on their
LINUX system?? I am running LINUX 1.2.13.

Will I have problems??  Do I need some special drivers??

How would I go about mounting this system to create backups??

One more thing...  I don't have SCSI port so would the zip drive be a
better choice for backups??
And can I also boot directly off of the syquest or the zip drive?

Sorry so many questions but I appreciate any answers.

Thanks,
Jim
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: Hi again,
:
: I want to know if anyone uses Syquest EZ-Drive internal IDE on their
: LINUX system?? I am running LINUX 1.2.13.
:
: Will I have problems??  Do I need some special drivers??
:
: How would I go about mounting this system to create backups??
:
:
: One more thing...  I don't have SCSI port so would the zip drive be a
: better choice for backups??
: And can I also boot directly off of the syquest or the zip drive?
:
: Thanks,
: Jim

Well, I don't have an EZ-Drive, but I DO have a Syquest 270 IDE internal.
It seems to work quite well.  The one thing to note, is that you cannot
change cartridges without a kernel patch.  I have a copy of the patch,
somehwere, but have not gotten around to installing it.  It'll probably
will work (the EZ-Drive) with no problems.  Have fun.  LaTeR.

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Quote:> I want to know if anyone uses Syquest EZ-Drive internal IDE on their
> LINUX system?? I am running LINUX 1.2.13.

> Will I have problems??  Do I need some special drivers??

No and no.  I have an EZ135 internal drive on the EIDE first channel,
slave device (because I want to boot off my SCSI disks, not the EIDE
one).

Quote:> How would I go about mounting this system to create backups??

mount /dev/hdb /ez -t ext2

Quote:> One more thing...  I don't have SCSI port so would the zip drive be a
> better choice for backups??

I don't see why?

Quote:> And can I also boot directly off of the syquest or the zip drive?

Yes.

Peter
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