As for the mounting ZIP drives under linux.
You can mount a zip disk as linux (ext2) or dos (msdos or vfat)
In order for the ext2 to work, you must create the partition sdX1, and not
sdX4 (dos default).
If you really want, you can put two partitions on a zip disk. I for one put
both an ext2 (sda1), and an msdos/vfat partition (sda4) on a zip disk. Just
don't try to format the diskette in DOS or Win95 after it has been
partitioned to something other than DOS. This will cause the formatting to
create a whole new disk using only DOS format, and will wipe out the ext2
partition. I think if you format using the format command, it will work. I
haven't tried in a while so I am not positive of this.
I have even made a whole linux system on my parallel port zip disk. I can
then boot it if I have a system problem. I did this with Slackware, not
RedHat. I don't see why you couldn't do it with RedHat as long as you
recompiled your kernel to have the PPA support in the kernel instead of a
module.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Scheller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: April 21, 1998 4:11 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: zip drives, and FAT32
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> two quick questions...first i missed the posts about
> mounting a fat32 drives. Is there a patch for 2.0.33
> for mounting fat32 drives? second, i have read the
> posts about zip drives. can a zip drive be mounted
> linux? if so a patch or what? thanx for help
>
> chris
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