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sindi keesan wrote:
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> We have an internal zip drive (IDE or ATAPI) 
> What is the linux equivalent of these sys files?

Try the pportide.i kernel from Slackware 7.1.

> We have not used zip drives at all before.  

Same here.

> I have the zip drive mini howto but cannot figure it out.  

The ZIP-drive miniHOWTO is quite clear:  first you need
a suitable kernel.  The miniHOWTO gives step-by-step
instructions for compiling your own, but you probably 
don't need to do that -- there is a zipslack.s kernel 
that might match the specifications in the miniHOWTO 
(check the kernel config).

Then the miniHOWTO gives step by step instructions for
what to do after booting the kernel:

> load the module insmod ppa

You will find it in Slackware:  /modules/2.2.16/scsi

> build a mounting point. mkdir /zip
> insert a preformatted windoze type disk into the drive.
> mount the disk.  mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /zip 

If your kernel doesn't do vfat (see /proc/filesystems), 
you will find a module for vfat in /modules/2.2.16/fs.
If you don't have /dev/sda4, do:
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mknod /dev/sda4 b 8 4
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> We have not used zip drives at all before.

Nor have I.

Cheers,
Steven

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