On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:51:21 -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote > Hey, > > I can't mount my syquest ezflyer zip-type drive. The kernel detects it, > but when I try to mount it, it gives me an error that says "wrong fs > type, bad superblock, or too many mounted filesystems." I trying to > mount it as vfat or msdos. The disk works fine in windows, and it spins > up in Linux, it just won't mount, because it says "Can not find a valid > MSDOS partition." > Hi,
>From Windows, SyQuest Cartidges can be used in two different ways: 1. with just a filesystem on them, like a floppy disk. 2. with a partition table and one or more partitions carrying filesystems It seems your cartridge uses method 1. This means you have to mount /dev/sda (or whatever dev the EZ230 is in your system) not /dev/sda1. If this doesn't work, your Linux SCSI driver doesn't like method 1 (mine doesn't either -- I couldn't even use Linux fdisk on the drive). I resolved this by booting into Windoze, enabling "int 13 drive" for the SyQuest in the device man-ager (and reboot :), then fdisk the cartridge unter Wind-OS (usually create one large partition, and I think reboot :) the format that. Regards, Bjoern brill -- Bj"orn Brill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Frankfurt am Main, Germany