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 4.27 Mzip
 =========
 
 The `mzip' command is used to issue ZIP disk specific commands on
 Linux, Solaris or HP-UX. Its syntax is:
 
      `mzip' [`-epqrwx']
 
    `Mzip' allows the following command line options:
 
 `e'
      Ejects the disk.
 
 `f'
      Force eject even if the disk is mounted (must be given in addition
      to `-e').
 
 `r'
      Write protect the disk.
 
 `w'
      Remove write protection.
 
 `p'
      Password write protect.
 
 `x'
      Password protect
 
 `u'
      Temporarily unprotect the disk until it is ejected.  The disk
      becomes writable, and reverts back to its old state when ejected.
 
 `q'
      Queries the status
 
    To remove the password, set it to one of the password-less modes
 `-r' or `-w': mzip will then ask you for the password, and unlock the
 disk.  If you have forgotten the password, you can get rid of it by
 low-level formatting the disk (using your SCSI adapter's BIOS setup).
 
    The ZipTools disk shipped with the drive is also password protected.
 On MS-DOS or on a Mac, this password is automatically removed once the
 ZipTools have been installed.  From various articles posted to Usenet, I
 learned that the password for the tools disk is
 `APlaceForYourStuff'(1).  Mzip knows about this password, and tries it
 first, before prompting you for a password.  Thus `mzip -w z:' unlocks
 the tools disk(2).  The tools disk is formatted in a special way so as
 to be usable both in a PC and in a Mac.  On a PC, the Mac file system
 appears as a hidden file named `partishn.mac'.  You may erase it to
 reclaim the 50 Megs of space taken up by the Mac file system.
 
 4.27.1 Bugs
 -----------
 
 This command is a big kludge.  A proper implementation would take a
 rework of significant parts of mtools, but unfortunately I don't have
 the time for this right now. The main downside of this implementation is
 that it is inefficient on some architectures (several successive calls
 to mtools, which defeats mtools' caching).
 
    ---------- Footnotes ----------
 
    (1) To see the articles, search for `APlaceForYourStuff' using
 Google Groups
 
    (2) I didn't know about this yet when I bought my own Zip drive.
 Thus I ended up reformatting my tools disk, and hence I haven't had the
 opportunity to test the password yet.  If anybody still has their tools
 disk with the original password, could you try it out? Thanks in advance
 

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