From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 15 05:38:22 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id FAA20370 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 05:38:22 -0700 Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA20364 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 05:38:19 -0700 Received: (dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.3) id IAA09700; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 08:35:06 -0400 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199507151235.IAA09700@hda.com> Subject: Re: ZIP drives To: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 08:35:05 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199507151213.HAA12836@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Jul 15, 95 07:13:04 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 701 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Peter da Silva writes: > > The Iomega ZIP drive looks just big enough to let me install FreeBSD on one, > using the live file system CD, to let me do test installs and stuff pretty > cheapl ($20 per 100M cartridge). Has anyone any input into this? > > Especially: has anyone used one under FreeBSD, or booted from one? There have been various successes and failures with the Zip drive, but overall I think it is a safe bet (and you might help track down some of the rough edges). I've been considering getting one also. Peter -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267