If you want, you can link the device: ln -s /dev/hdd4 /dev/zip
and then mount zip: mount /dev/zip /mnt/zip -t vfat ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, John Manko wrote: > I've been running RedHat for a few years now, but decided to change to > Debian > to test myself, :). And I've been learning a lot. > > I decided to backup to my zip some code I was working on. > > However, after the "conversion", I couldnt mount the zip under debian, > and it was killing me. > Until I took a very close look at dmesg.... > > # dmesg | more > > <clip> > > hdc: Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 8200, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, DMA > Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 > ide-floppy driver 0.97.sv > hdd: 98304kB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector size > hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm > Partition check: > hdd: hdd4 > > <clip> > > Do you notice that the zip (hdd) drive is actually partitioned (hdd4)? > so, instead of mounting > > # mount /dev/hdd /mnt/zip -t vfat > > I have to > > # mount /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip -t vfat > > It took me a while to realize this, and quite a pain in the ass..... > > I hope this helps everyone (yes, I should be loading IDE-SCSI, but not > needed yet, :) > And remember, it's not also the best thing to have the installer > blindly take care of things, :) > > Now, maybe someone can help me get Abiword to run, hehe. > > John Manko > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
