[ale] Are IDE ZIP-drives supported under 2.0.33?

[George Nies]

John M. Mills wrote:
> 
> Lo, folks --
> 
> I installed RH4.2, and have since upgraded to the 2.0.33 kernel.  (I run
> libc.so.5.)  RedHat's 'Hardware Compatibility FAQ' says: removeable-
> medium IDE drives are not supported, and they specifically mention
> Iomega's ZIP as an example.  I recall seeing posts that they may be
> supported by the module 'ide-floppy' and/or the kernel config option
> 'large_floppy'.
> 
> Are these drives supported in a 2.0.x kernel, and if so, how should I
> build and install the relevant module(s)?

There is a patch for 2.0.x kernels to support ide floppies.  It works
quite well.  One gotcha -- Iomega decided that the data partition on
a zip drive is partition number 4.  So if your ide zip drive is the 
first drive on the second channel you would be mounting /dev/hdc4.

Unfortunatly I don't remember where I got it from.  I think I did a 
search for "linux zip drive" using www.metacrawler.com or somesuch.

	-George