Hi,
I'm also unsure in my answer. :-) But I *believe* that the zip disk is
refered to as partition 4, since it's considered an extended partition
(primaries on 0-3). If that's so, then I would try to mke2fs /dev/hdb4
or /dev/hdX4 where X is the verified drive.
Again, no sure answers, but at least hints. :-)
Regards
Gustav
Ryan Marinoff wrote:
>
> Isn't hdb the second HDD on a IDE controller? If so, isn't there another
> device name for the zip drive on an IDE controller? If so again, then that
> could be a problem. (reason for the questions, is that I don't know the
> answer to what I asked, but that might help for now)
>
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> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 9:06 AM
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> Subject: putting an ext2 filesystem on a zipdrive
>
> Hi all,
> I am trying to put a linux file system on a zip drive
> I delete current partition, create new linux partition
> than I write partition table to disk. Using fdisk or
> cfdisk both work fine.
> Next I try
> mke2fs /dev/hdb1
> and I get I/O errors I thought this was the command
> to format the disk but am wondering if I am missing
> a step is there a seperate command 2 format the
> zip drive before it makes the filesystem? or do
> I have a bad zipdisk?
> Linda
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