> > I'm unable to use the new zips (geometry 96/64/32) together with
> > the old ones (32/64/96). Even the size is different. Even the
> > partition table is incompatible. Is there a patch somewhere?
>
> I'm presuming you're referring to Zip disks?
No, to Zip 100 ATAPI drives. The new ones are reported differently by
the same driver - on kernel 2.2.9, I can't partition a disk in drive A
and see the partitions in drive B.
> I'm not sure what your problem is, but I have no problem reading disks
> formatted on either my friend Mike's Zip-100 (uses the PPA driver) on
> my Zip-250 (uses the IMM driver), and he has no problem reading 100M
> disks formatted on my drive on his, so this isn't a kernel problem.
I use ppa and imm too, I guess it relates only to IDE drives.
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