Re: Zip drive with IDE

Robert Law (blaw@ns.net)
Sat, 7 Dec 1996 23:49:31 -0800 (PST)

Yes, but you would need to purchase a SCSI controller and have a slot to
put it in. A SCSI device will not run off of an IDE controller. It
requires a SCSI controller.

On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Vampy wrote:

>
> Hello. I was looking for backup driver for my linux box. I read about the
> linux-zipDrive-howto in sunsite. And it said that the external zip drive
> is SCSI designed. I have an IDE controller. Is it possible external zip
> dirve will work on my computer if I compiled my kernel to support SCSI
> device?
>
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