> I >certainly wish >to use Zip, and eventually Jaz with Linux, and in my extreme desire to >completely >seperate myself from the Microsoft dictatorship, I also wish to toss >the Fat16 >format these disks have in favor of the far superior ext2.
Unless my memory fails me, I've formatted a zip disk in ext2 complete with swap partition and installed linux. I did this at the beginning of the year when I had access to a zip drive - I still have the disk but alas don't have a drive so can't verify exactly whats on there... Anyway, the point of what I want to say is this. Why bother with ext2 on a zip disk. You're most likely going to use it to move files between computer 1 and computer 2. Possibly to take files from computer 1 and archive them offline someplace. Why do you need ext2? If you plan to use the zip disk as anything other than archive media I might agree with you. If not, I have to think you're barking up the wrong tree. DOS isn't such a bad format for floppies, which in essence is what a zip disk is. Why not do what I do and take a peek at Calderas web pages for DRDOS7 ... a pleasant alternative to the microsoft product. (www.caldera.com) dave -- | oOOooO / [EMAIL PROTECTED] --| oOobodoO / We're just two lost souls, swimming in a --| ooOoOo / fish bowl, year after year. Running over | II / the same old ground, what have we found, | II / The same old fears. Wish you were Here.
