does linux support direct cable connections?
i want to connect a 386(as host) with my main system.

does linux support dvd roms?

can linux view mac files?

does anyone know if anyone manufactures zip drives for linux?

does anyone no of a good media device that can work on linux besides zip drives?(something that can hold more than a hundred m of data)

What kind of cable connections, like a direct connection from pc to pc? If so then yes.
Yes, Linux does support DVD roms. SuSE comes with a DVD install disk, unless you want the 5 or so separate install disks.
Yes, I have never setup to view Mac files but it can be done, or at least I know you can network together to view or access the files.
Iomega Zip works, the original manufacturer.
Yes, I have a LS-120 Superdisk Internal as my floppy drive and it works great holding up to 120mb of disk space. The Jaz drive works, tape drives....and so on.

does anyone know if you can use a direct cable connection to cluster computers?

i appreciate your replies..


you say you have a ls-20 as your floppy... is it actually controlled as a floppy disk(hooks up to the same cable and everything)?

SLIP or a point-to-point ethernet x-over connection will be like a direct connection.

Zip drives work in Linux. (Even parallel port ones)