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[Solved] Iomega ZIP 100 IDE

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ivan:
This may be a stupid idea but... your zip drive has a full ide interface so you could try attaching it to an IDE to USB adapter and see what the response is.  I have used IDE to USB and SATA to USB adapters to read disks that won't attach to the onboard interfaces.

Dave Yeo:

--- Quote from: Igor on February 09, 2022, 12:52:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Dave Yeo on February 07, 2022, 05:39:02 pm ---Wonder if a bootable Linux stick would recognize it?

--- End quote ---
If possible, a link to where to get and how to make such a stick.

--- End quote ---

Simplest is probably the DFSee stick downloadable at https://dfsee.com/dfsee/media.php
Whether that has support for the Iomega zip drive, I don't know.

Igor:
Solved!

1. Install ZIP100 as a hard drive (not like a floppy disk).
2. Install Danis driver:
BASEDEV=DANIS506.ADD /!BIOS /A:1 /I /V
BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT /EJ /V
3. After installing the disk in the wildcard, use the LVM command - lvm /rediscoverprm
4. A disk letter will appear and you can work with it
5. Before extracting the disk, use the command - eject drive:

Thank you all for participating in solving the problem!

Neil Waldhauer:
I got a machine with the IOMega Zip-250 drive, but I'm having trouble with the instructions to getting it to work.

BASEDEV=DANIS50s.ADD /!BIOS
BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT

Gives me


--- Code: ---R1.08.15     /!BIOS
            Daniela's Bus Master IDE Driver for OS/2 Version 1.08.15
Controller:0  Port:01F0 IRQ:0E  Status:OK BusMaster Scatter/Gather
  Intel ICH2 PATA host (8086:244B rev:12) on PCI 0:31.1#0
 Unit:0 Status:OK SMS:16 LBA BusMaster UltraDMA5/PIO4 BPB
  Model:ST3250820ACE                            3.ACD   
   OS2:log   phys   BPB/BIOS   IDE:log   phys     Total Sectors
  C  30401  65535                65535  16383   Avail  488397168
  H    255     16        255        16     16   OS2    488392065
  S     63     63         63        63     63   % Used     99.99
 Unit:1 Status:OK ATAPI BusMaster UltraDMA2/PIO3
  Model:IOMEGA  ZIP 250       ATAPI             41.S   
Controller:1  Port:0170 IRQ:0F  Status:OK
  Intel ICH2 PATA host (8086:244B rev:12) on PCI 0:31.1#1
 Unit:0 Status:OK ATAPI PIO4
  Model:SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-308B                T100
--- End code ---

When I insert a zip disk, and refresh removable media, no drive letter appears.

Igor:

--- Quote from: Neil Waldhauer on May 03, 2023, 10:49:19 pm ---I got a machine with the IOMega Zip-250 drive, but I'm having trouble with the instructions to getting it to work.

BASEDEV=DANIS50s.ADD /!BIOS
BASEDEV=DANIATAP.FLT

Gives me

When I insert a zip disk, and refresh removable media, no drive letter appears.

--- End quote ---

Unfortunately, my ZIP drive is not working stably. There was one hardware configuration (controller, interrupts) in which I managed to make it work.
But alas, I updated the system on ArcaOS and everything stopped working. I opened a ticket, but no one could help me.
I have an assumption that the device letter assignment is incorrect when the disk is inserted. It worked for me in the ecs system when clicking on the USB device update icon (crazy). It doesn't work in any way at the moment.

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