Re: ZIP on GS (was: question on Standards for files)

[Pim Blokland <nipp@nipp.nl>]

In article <20000113211218.01287.00000213@ng-fx1.aol.com>, 
ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON) wrote:

> I do have an occassional problem with the drive getting ready
> for use. If you have the zip hooked to a power strip and if you turn the 
> entire
> system on at the same time; unplug the zip as soon as you start the 
> system and
> then replug it. Don't know why, but some Zip drives are finky that way.

I usually wait for the harddisk to come to speed before powering up the 
computer... And the Zip is on as well. You mean I should power up the 
computer and then the Zip? Hm, that's a novel idea. I always thought it 
was best to have the peripherals up and running before starting the 
computer, so that the computer can recognize them.
But lets give it a try. Switch off the Zip, switch on the computer, 
switch the Zip back on...

Aaah! Can you believe it! Will you look at that!
It works!

Ehm. hm. If insert a disk, the GS asks me if I want to eject or 
initialize it. Three times. And then it mounts the disk. Hm.
And if I drag the disk to the trash, it disappears off the desktop, but 
it doesn't get ejected.
Or, vice versa, if I eject the disk (using the drive button), it does 
not get dimmed on the desktop. 
Do you have similar results?
Oh, it's a HFS disk, by the way. Haven't done any formatting or 
partitioning yet.
-- 
Groetjes, Pim

Pouf it went