Quoting Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I use an Iomega ZIP 100 as a backup. I find that I frequently get > cryptic error messages of various kinds while copying stuff to it. > However, the actual files seem to get copied nevertheless; I'm not sure > if they are perfect but as they are pretty well all text files a few > minor errors wouldn't matter too much. > > Is anyone else using this same system, and do they find something > similar?
I'm not suggesting that this is your problem, but I get errors if I use the zip drive through a dongle on the parallel port. I get file turning into directories filled with garbage, and so on. But I would make one recommendation, in spite of your saying that minor errors don't matter in text files. I don't put any ordinary files on zip disks at all. Everything is zipped. That way, you can type something like for z in /zip/*zip; do unzip -t $z; done and check they're all ok. Apart from that, make sure the connection is good. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
