Hi Jacob, thanks for trying to help me out. Here is what I tried (to no avail). How do I know what fs types are available (I tried repartitioning the zip as Extended but got the same not supported error)? Am I doing something stupid here?
/home/kyle# /bin/mount /dev/hdd /mnt/zip mount: you must specify the filesystem type /home/kyle# /bin/mount -t vfat /dev/hdd /mnt/zip mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd, or too many mounted file systems /home/kyle# /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdd Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hdd: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 239 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd4 * 1 239 244720 6 FAT16 Command (m for help): q physics:/home/kyle# /bin/mount -t FAT16 /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip mount: fs type FAT16 not supported by kernel kyle > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: ZIP drive question.. > From: > "Jacob S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:11:08 -0500 > To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:44:53 -0500 >"Forinash, Kyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi; >> >>I'm having a problem mounting a 250Mb internal zip. >>a. dmesg shows me hdd:IOMEGA ZIP 250 ATAPI FLOPPY >> >> > ^^^ > > >>b. standard mount procedures (edit '/dev/sda4 /mnt/zip auto >>user,noauto 0 0' into /etc/fstab followed by mount /mnt/zip) gives: >>"the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device (maybe >>'insmod driver'?)" >> >> > >The dmesg output you pasted above shows the zip drive on hdd. As >root try running "mount /dev/hdd /mnt/zip". If that works, you'll need >to change the sda4 in your fstab entry to hdd > > >If that doesn't work, you may want to run "fdisk /dev/hdd" as root to >see if the disk is partitioned weird and then add the appropriate >partition number to your mount command/fstab entry (hdd1, hdd2, etc.). > > > >>I'm new to Debian (having just switched from Red Hat), this is a new >>install of Woody. An earlier message mentioned something about a ppa >>module but I can find no ref anywhere to that. >> >> > >If dmesg is showing that it's already been setup on /dev/hdd, you >shouldn't need to load any more modules... except maybe fat or vfat, but >that would be a totally different error from what you pasted above. > >HTH & HAND, >Jacob > > > > > -- ------------------------------------------ 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.' Issac Asimov kyle forinash 812-941-2390 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://Physics.ius.edu/ -----------------------------------------