On Mon, May 11, 1998 at 08:37:08PM -0400, David B Wilson wrote: > I'm confused by your message. You use /dev/sda4 with a parallel port > zip drive? Yes It seems to me that they come formatted with 1 partition...which is partition 4 (for no apprent reason) > Is "insmod ppa" only for parallel port zip drives, or for > scsi too? It is for the parallel port versions...its the "Fake SCSI" driver (least thats what I call it) > Mine is scsi. I have exactly one scsi device (the zip drive) I wish I have bought SCSI/....
> and have in the past used /dev/sda. Do the disks normally come preformatted > with four partitions? Why don't you notice the other partitions when > writing/reading from a mac or w95? What are the first three partitions for? Maybe it is only on the paralel port? try this...run fdisk on /dev/sda and hit p to see the partition table...thats how I figured it out when /dev/sda alone did not work > David > > I have never tried but.... > Macintosh computers can generally read FAT formatted disks. > I would bet that the Mac can read the "95" formatted disks but > not vice versa > as for linux... > did you check what partition? I know when I use my Zip Drive (parallel > port) > it is "insmod ppa" to get it ready to use...then > I find the disks are partitiond (try /dev/sda4 I think thats where mine > are...asuming you don't have any other SCSI drives) > -Steve > > -- ** Stephen Carpenter ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** "We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
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