In a message dated 11-06-99, Murray Lesser said to Ron Nicholls:
ML>(Excerpts from a message dated 11-03-99, John Thompson to Ron
ML>Nicholls)
RN> How do you format a zip, hpfs,charles?
JT>IIRC, you need one of the newer fixpacks. You need to "lock" the ZIP
>drive to format and use it and explicitly "unlock" the drive to
>remove the disk.
ML> If my experience is typical, you need an "older" FixPak :-). I
ML>am assuming that you have the Iomega OS/2 driver package for Zip
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ML> So, it seems that some FixPak between Warp 3 FixPak 5 and what I
ML>am running under now invalidated the ability to format Zip diskettes
ML>HPFS. Since I have no desire to use Zip Diskettes formatted HPFS, I
ML>haven't bothered to see if a later (or earlier) FixPak will restore
ML>that ability.
Hi gang,
Having just plowed through the readme files of FP10, I remember there is
a file concerning removable media support.
Have a nice day,
Holger
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