> I've a Syquest (1.5 G) drive and I do not seem to be able to mount > it onto any partition: > > mount /dev/sdca /syquest > > Always gave me some error on unknown ftype... Did I do something > wrong? > > Thanks!
To mount the disk in syjet, you should know the partitions you have on that disk. Just run "fdisk -l", it will list all the partitions you have on your system. If your syjet is really /dev/sdc device, and have only one dos partition, then mount it with mount -t msdos /dev/sdc1 /mnt But if you want just to install linux on the drive, you don't even need to do that. Just insert the disk into the drive, rescue floppy into the floppy drive and reboot the computer. Configure the keyboard and go to the "partition the hard drive" menu. Select the syjet drive from there (/dev/sdc, if it is correct) and repartion it the way you like. You will create /dev/sdc1, /dev/sdc2, etc. partitions. You will be prompted on where these partitions should be mounted, respond to that and just follow the installation path. Everything will be done automatically. Just don't try to make the hard drive bootable! Create a boot floppy! Now, each time you want to boot linux, insert the boot floppy you created and the syjet disk and reboot. You may remove the floppy after booting. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +-------------------------------------------+ | _ 7 | Alexander Yukhimets | \ (") | http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +-------------------------------------------+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .