>On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Adahma wrote:
>> Sorry to ask such a seemingly simple question, but I can't get this
>> done.
>>
>> How would one format a ZIP disk with the standard Linux file system
>> on it?
>>
>What's the device name?
>It *should* be as easy as opening up a console window and
>saying "mke2fs /dev/sda4" for example (SCSI Zip drive --
>first SCSI device.) IIRC, Zips default to partition #4 for
>their file system.
> John
That should not work, since the default is a MessyDOS partition and
mke2fs will want a Linux partition.
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