Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO

• Index
• Introduction
• Quick Start
• Configuring a kernel for the ZIP drive
• The ZIP drive
• Troubleshooting Install
• Using the ZIP drive
• Performance
• Frequently asked questions
• Getting more current information

9. Getting more current information

More current versions of the parallel port zip drive (ppa.c) program and current technical information of the driver can be found at

http://www.torque.net/~campbell/

Information of many parallel port external device drivers can be found at

http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html

Parallel Port sharing or through-port information is found at

http://www.cyberelk.demon.co.uk/parport.html

Installing Linux from a zip drive (for machines without a CD)

http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Install-From-ZIP.html

An X frontend to the ziptool program can be found at

http://www.scripps.edu/~jsmith/jazip/

Information on configuration of Lilo can be found at

http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html

Information on using bootprompts can be found at

http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html

If you want to install the Linux OS onto a Zip Drive and run the OS from the Zip drive

http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Install.html

Iomega's web pages are at

http://www.iomega.com/.

And if you are looking for general information about parallel port programming for the PC, you might want to visit

http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm