ZIP drive not showing up

Marchie · 19 December 2016, 07:31

Hi All,

What's the process for getting a SCSI ZIP drive to show up in Workbench?

The drive shows up as Iomega Zip100 on my SCSI card utility, it has a unique SCSI ID and the termination is set correctly (I have a CD-ROM and HDD on the same SCSI chain that both work fine).

I've downloaded a couple of different ZIP utilities from Aminet - the instructions just say to copy the files (ZIP0, ZIPPC, etc, etc) into DOSDrivers, change a line in the script to match your scsi device, and they will work...only they don't.

If I mount the ZIP0 device from a CLI, nothing happens, if I mount it again I'm told the device is already mounted, but still nothing shows up, no "ZIP0:NDOS", nothing.

Any help appreciated. The machine is an A2000, 68020, 12mb RAM, Workbench 3.1.

thomas · 19 December 2016, 08:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marchie

the instructions just say to copy the files (ZIP0, ZIPPC, etc, etc) into DOSDrivers, change a line in the script to match your scsi device, and they will work...only they don't.

You have to change the unit number to the SCSI ID, too.

Also make sure that the file contains Activate = 1, otherwise you have to access the drive from DOS before it will show on Workbench. Try CD ZIP0: or Dir ZIP0:

AMIGASYSTEM · 19 December 2016, 13:58

Ciao Thomas, I noticed that some links do not work anymore on your homepage, in particular from "Support" you can not download WBDock, BDWatch, DrawerSync and NewWBInfo.

Marchie · 20 December 2016, 00:58

Thanks Thomas,

I've made the changes you suggested, and I'm a little closer, but still not quite there.

If I mount ZIP0, then type "cd ZIP0" into a shell I get a "not a DOS DISK"; if I restart and mount ZIPPC (which, presumably, is supposed to support PC disks) I get "object not found".

Either way I still get nothing showing up on the desktop.

There's probably something obvious i'm not doing. What ZIP drivers are people using? (if, indeed, anyone's using a ZIP drive anymore) Is there an install script anywhere? (similar to AMICDROM which I used to setup my CD-ROM)

idrougge · 20 December 2016, 01:06

When I used a ZIP drive, I just formatted the disk as though it was a regular hard disk.

Marchie · 21 December 2016, 00:52

Thanks all, got it working with PC disks!

For reference:
* All programs are on Aminet
* Install MountDOS
* Install fat95
* Install the Zip driver (I used NewZipMount)
* Copy ZIP0 file (I renamed it ZIP5), edit it in ED using the instructions that come with fat 95.

PC Zip disks on Amiga Workbench!

Marchie · 09 January 2017, 23:28

UPDATE/HELP:

Celebrated too soon - ZIP disks show up and I can open and browse them, but when I try to copy files on or off the disk, my machine back-screens and crashes.

Any suggestions for where or how to start error-trapping this?

Marchie · 22 April 2019, 14:14

Alrighty, since you have all been hanging on the edge of your seats for these last two years until I got back to this...

ZipStandard and fat95 worked (both off Aminet). I can now swap data quickly from PC to Amiga.

Party at my place.

BYO beer.

19 December 2016, 07:31	#1
Marchie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Sydney / London Posts: 589	ZIP drive not showing up Hi All, What's the process for getting a SCSI ZIP drive to show up in Workbench? The drive shows up as Iomega Zip100 on my SCSI card utility, it has a unique SCSI ID and the termination is set correctly (I have a CD-ROM and HDD on the same SCSI chain that both work fine). I've downloaded a couple of different ZIP utilities from Aminet - the instructions just say to copy the files (ZIP0, ZIPPC, etc, etc) into DOSDrivers, change a line in the script to match your scsi device, and they will work...only they don't. If I mount the ZIP0 device from a CLI, nothing happens, if I mount it again I'm told the device is already mounted, but still nothing shows up, no "ZIP0:NDOS", nothing. Any help appreciated. The machine is an A2000, 68020, 12mb RAM, Workbench 3.1.

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19 December 2016, 13:58	#3
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	Ciao Thomas, I noticed that some links do not work anymore on your homepage, in particular from "Support" you can not download WBDock, BDWatch, DrawerSync and NewWBInfo.

20 December 2016, 00:58	#4
Marchie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Sydney / London Posts: 589	Thanks Thomas, I've made the changes you suggested, and I'm a little closer, but still not quite there. If I mount ZIP0, then type "cd ZIP0" into a shell I get a "not a DOS DISK"; if I restart and mount ZIPPC (which, presumably, is supposed to support PC disks) I get "object not found". Either way I still get nothing showing up on the desktop. There's probably something obvious i'm not doing. What ZIP drivers are people using? (if, indeed, anyone's using a ZIP drive anymore) Is there an install script anywhere? (similar to AMICDROM which I used to setup my CD-ROM)

20 December 2016, 01:06	#5
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	When I used a ZIP drive, I just formatted the disk as though it was a regular hard disk.

21 December 2016, 00:52	#6
Marchie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Sydney / London Posts: 589	Thanks all, got it working with PC disks! For reference: * All programs are on Aminet * Install MountDOS * Install fat95 * Install the Zip driver (I used NewZipMount) * Copy ZIP0 file (I renamed it ZIP5), edit it in ED using the instructions that come with fat 95. PC Zip disks on Amiga Workbench!

09 January 2017, 23:28	#7
Marchie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Sydney / London Posts: 589	UPDATE/HELP: Celebrated too soon - ZIP disks show up and I can open and browse them, but when I try to copy files on or off the disk, my machine back-screens and crashes. Any suggestions for where or how to start error-trapping this?

22 April 2019, 14:14	#8
Marchie Registered User Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Sydney / London Posts: 589	Alrighty, since you have all been hanging on the edge of your seats for these last two years until I got back to this... ZipStandard and fat95 worked (both off Aminet). I can now swap data quickly from PC to Amiga. Party at my place. BYO beer.

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