Re: [newbie] Zip Drive question

2001-07-01 Thread Lin Kenham 

Hi,
I have found that the device for ZIP 100 is /dev/sda1 for an ext2 f/s and
/dev/sda4 for a DOS or VFAT f/s on the ZipDisk. I hope this helps
Cheers,
Lin
-Original Message-
From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, June 30, 2001 09:07
Subject: Re: [newbie] Zip Drive question


It was Sat, 30 Jun 2001 00:26:52 -0500 when Dave wrote:

OK---this is my second post so I hope this isn't a stupid
question..

Will my External Parallel 100 mb Zip Drive work with LInux Mandrake 7.2?
Ps: I did finally get the settings right on my USR 33.6 modem(didn't
have
a manual...tinkered with it till I got it right.)

It is not a stupid question. You're stupid when you don't ask!
And yes, the zip will work. You have to find the proper modprobe command
for
it on boot.

1.Turn on the drive and insert a disk.

2.Type modprobe ppa or modprobe imm. This will load the module.

3.Try to mount the drive as 'root':
  mount /dev/sd[x]4 -t vfat /mnt/disk

4.If mount doesn't complain, you've got it.

(from http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hremov2.html )

Then stick the modprobe in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and you're done (this will
require the drive up and loaded though). If you want, you can create a
script
for that, to run when you need the drive.

Paul

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Re: [newbie] Zip Drive question

2001-06-30 Thread Paul 

It was Sat, 30 Jun 2001 00:26:52 -0500 when Dave wrote:

OK---this is my second post so I hope this isn't a stupid question..

Will my External Parallel 100 mb Zip Drive work with LInux Mandrake 7.2? 
Ps: I did finally get the settings right on my USR 33.6 modem(didn't have
a manual...tinkered with it till I got it right.)

It is not a stupid question. You're stupid when you don't ask!
And yes, the zip will work. You have to find the proper modprobe command for
it on boot.

1.Turn on the drive and insert a disk.

2.Type modprobe ppa or modprobe imm. This will load the module.

3.Try to mount the drive as 'root':
  mount /dev/sd[x]4 -t vfat /mnt/disk

4.If mount doesn't complain, you've got it.

(from http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hremov2.html )

Then stick the modprobe in /etc/rc.d/rc.local and you're done (this will
require the drive up and loaded though). If you want, you can create a script
for that, to run when you need the drive.

Paul

--
I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.
-Alexandre Dumas (fils)

http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403
   Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.4.99
** http://www.care2.com - when you care **