Thus spake John Manko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've been running RedHat for a few years now, but decided to change to > Debian > to test myself, :). And I've been learning a lot. > > I decided to backup to my zip some code I was working on. > > However, after the "conversion", I couldnt mount the zip under debian, > and it was killing me. > Until I took a very close look at dmesg.... > > # dmesg | more > > <clip> > > hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8200, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > ide-floppy driver 0.97.sv > hdd: 98304kB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector size > hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm > Partition check: > hdd: hdd4 > > <clip> > > Do you notice that the zip (hdd) drive is actually partitioned (hdd4)? > so, instead of mounting > > # mount /dev/hdd /mnt/zip -t vfat > > I have to > > # mount /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip -t vfat > > It took me a while to realize this, and quite a pain in the ass.....
Hmmm, this is strange. I've been using a Zip drive for several years, attached to a SCSI adapter, through various flavours of Mandrake (OK, I've seen the error of my ways) and *always* had to mount it as /dev/sda4. The reason it's partition 4 is apparently to do with Mac compatibility. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
