Hello I have fixed the problem by creating part4 using mknod.
Thanks Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Where did LM 8.1 hide /dev/sda4 (parallel zip)? > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:50, Tarragon Allen wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:32, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > [SNIPT] > > > How can I create /dev/sda4? Or how can I mount /dev/sda4? > > > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Ed > > > > The 4 in the sda4 is supposed to refer to a partition number on the drive. > > I suspect that Zip drives don't have that many partitions. > > > > Does "mount -t vfat /dev/sda /mnt/zip2" work? Do you have any other SCSI > > drives? > > No, the sda4 *is* correct for any Zip cartridges, unless they have been > reformatted (e.g. to ext2). The weird data partition number has, AFAIR, to do > with both MacOS & VFAT partition tables being present on the disk, or at > least *potentially* present. > > As others have answered, either the devfs or the supermount (or an evil combo > of the two) are the most likely suspects in this scenario > > -- > john in syd > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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