RE: [newbie] 8.1 ZIP drive

2002-02-12 Thread Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)

Thanks for the tip. I tried that, and got:
"mount: /dev/hdd is not a block device"

Tried it also with /dev/hdd4, and got:
"mount: /dev/hdd4 is not a block device"

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> -Original Message-
> From: s [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 3:11 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] 8.1 ZIP drive
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:56 am, you wrote:
> > I've got an internal ATAPI ZIP drive in my box (it's the 
> SECOND device 
> > on the SECOND IDE channel). Harddrake sees it as hdd. I've tried:
> > Mkdir /mnt/zip
> > Mount /mnt/zip /dev/hdd4 (harddrake reports the ZIP drive 
> as HDD -- it's
> > the 2nd device on the 2nd IDE channel) ...and I got this error:
> > "mount: /dev/hdd4 is not a block device"
> > ...so I tried:
> > Mount /mnt/zip /dev/hdd
> > ...and I got this error:
> > "mount: /dev/hdd is not a block device"
> 
> Well, I'm not sure it makes any diff, but I think it's mount 
> -t type dev dir.
> So, try:  mount -t vfat /dev/hdd mnt/zip
> if that works, fix your fstab.
> 
> -s
> 
> 



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Re: [newbie] 8.1 ZIP drive

2002-02-12 Thread s

On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:56 am, you wrote:
> I've got an internal ATAPI ZIP drive in my box (it's the SECOND device on
> the SECOND IDE channel). Harddrake sees it as hdd. 
> I've tried:
> Mkdir /mnt/zip
> Mount /mnt/zip /dev/hdd4 (harddrake reports the ZIP drive as HDD -- it's
> the 2nd device on the 2nd IDE channel) ...and I got this error:
> "mount: /dev/hdd4 is not a block device"
> ...so I tried:
> Mount /mnt/zip /dev/hdd
> ...and I got this error:
> "mount: /dev/hdd is not a block device"

Well, I'm not sure it makes any diff, but I think it's mount -t type dev dir.
So, try:  mount -t vfat /dev/hdd mnt/zip
if that works, fix your fstab.

-s



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