RE: [newbie] ATAPI ZIP drive not working under LM8.1

[Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)]

Title: Message

Hi Dennis...

 

I hope that mtab is the problem, and that it can be solved. I really liked being able to use my ZIP drive! If you (or someone else reading this!) can tell me what the correct entry into mtab would be, I would appreciate it.

 

I also found information about "/etc/auto.misc" out there, and MY /etc/auto.misc shows the following. Does it shed any light?

# $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

 

kernel          -ro,soft,intr           ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux
cd              -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom

 

# the following entries are samples to pique your imagination
#boot           -fstype=ext2            :/dev/hda1
floppy          -fstype=auto            :/dev/fd0
#floppy         -fstype=ext2            :/dev/fd0
#e2floppy       -fstype=ext2            :/dev/fd0
#jaz            -fstype=ext2            :/dev/sdc1
#removable      -fstype=auto            :/dev/hdd
#zip            -fstype=auto,rw,nosuid,nodev :/dev/zip

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:00 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] ATAPI ZIP drive not working under LM8.1

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:28 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; Myers, Dennis R NWO
Subject: RE: [newbie] ATAPI ZIP drive not working under LM8.1

Here is my /etc/mtab... I've got no experience with it, so I'm attaching the whole file...

/dev/hda1 / ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
devfs /dev devfs rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /var ext2 rw 0 0
/proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs rw,devmode=0664,devgid=43 0 0
automount(pid1179) /misc autofs rw,fd=8,pgrp=1179,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
automount(pid1207) /net autofs rw,fd=8,pgrp=1207,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
[Myers, Dennis R NWO] 

 

Ok, the problem I see is that there is no entry in mtab for the hdd device. Mtab is mounttable.  Again I am not at home, and using a M$ computer so I can't give you the entry, but if someone on the list will jump in here and provide a line. I think that you need to add an entry in lilo append line also. Have you tried going to harddrake and seeing if the zip shows up there, if so, is the configuration bar active at the bottom of the screen. If it is can you do a configuration from there?  I will check the entry for mtab and a zip device when I can get to my home office computer, assuming we don't have some help from the list by then. HTH 

Dennis M.