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Subject: [OT] Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.*
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On 06/25/12 04:58, Thomas Mueller wrote:

> Zip 100 drive, and also SyQuest SyJet drive, got to where they would
 > just eject the disk a few seconds after insertion.

I hope I'm remembering this correctly (this happened probably ten years 
ago or so): I had an internal Zip drive which showed this behaviour as 
soon as I mounted it, but it was very simple to fix.

My Zip drive had some sort of glue tape all around it at the front; this 
tape was bended and locked some very small lever which ejected the disk: 
unbending the tape was enough to get the drive working properly again.

  bye
	av.