[ale] Q: Zipdisk won't eject @#$!! disk

John M. Mills jmills at jmills.gtri.gatech.edu
Wed Oct 7 09:18:11 EDT 1998


On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Linux Idiot wrote:
> John M. Mills wrote:
> I know you checked this, but make sure it's not mounted.  Also get a
> copy of 'ziptool.' It gives you some nice options (including ejecting)
> for jaz and zip drives..
> > I have an IDE Iomega zip100 drive, and it refuses to spit out the *(@#!!
              ^^^

I pulled ziptool-1.2 in great hope, but it only seems to work with SCSI
zip drives. #$@!! Thanks anyway.  Maybe a little dollop of C4 on the edge
of the disk before I put it in the drive?

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