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From: John-Paul Stewart
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:59

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bill davidsen wrote:
> 
> In article <3C42D68E.415B415@ijs.si>,
> Miha Andrejasic  <miha.andrejasic@ijs.si> wrote:
> 
> | I have a question:
> | How would I format ZIP disk (Iomega 100MB) on my internal unit using
> | Linux (this means which format and a command to use, please) that this
> | disk will work on SGI external ZIP unit.
> |
> | I need this disk to transfer files to SGI.
> | I use Pentium 200MMX with RedHat 6.1.
> | SGI sistem is IRIX 4.0.5.
> 
> The part you didn't supply is what format the SGI will read, which you
> need to know before creating the media.

IRIX 4.0.5 is almost certainly wanting EFS.  Current linux
kernels provide experimental, read-only support for such
filesystems.  Writing EFS volumes doesn't appear possible. 
I don't know how well IRIX 4.0.5 supports other
filesystems.  Using FAT or (Mac) HFS may be possible if the
SGI will read it.  (Never had occasion to try it on my SGI.)

I'll also note that the SGI FAQs mention that Zip drives are
semi-supported in IRIX 5.2 (with EFS or HFS filesystems but
not FAT) and are not fully supported until 6.4 and 6.5.  Is
the Zip working at all with IRIX 4.0.5?  

To the OP:  is there no way to transfer the files by network
(NFS, FTP, etc.)?   That would likely be better than trying
to share ZIP disks.

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