Internal Zip 250 on the ...

tricky_linux · 07-30-2003, 09:22 PM

See the reason why i want to ask was that i had a dvd-rw, a cd-rw, two ide hard drive full fill my 4 ide port and i don't want to have a usb zip drive.
So i want to ask 'Can i use a floppy cable with 3 connector to connect both my floppy drive and my internal zip 250 drive?
Is it passible?

michaelk · 07-30-2003, 10:03 PM

Nope, the floppy interface is different than the IDE. You could get an additional PCI IDE interface card.

tricky_linux · 07-31-2003, 09:07 PM

but it there anyway i could configure it as the second floppy or B: Drive in window?

michaelk · 07-31-2003, 09:19 PM

I don't understand your question. You can use a zip drive like any other removable media device. You can assign it the drive letter B and even use it as a boot device if your motherboard BIOS has that capability.

But you will still need another IDE PCI controller card for your zip drive. unless you switch to a USB device.

Electro · 07-31-2003, 09:47 PM

The floppy connector (30 pins) is different than the IDE connector (40 pins) that is used on your ZIP drive. Its like asking can I place a AGP card in a PCI slot, so this isn't possible. You could get a USB box to convert your ZIP to a USB ZIP drive. Though make sure the USB box works with LINUX.

A good USB/Firewire store
http://www.cooldrives.com/
I don't know if their devices work in LINUX.

The A: and B: is given for the 3.5 or the 5.25 floppy disk drives. The subsitute command in DOS only does the A: and B: drives.