* Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-18 01:00): > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 12:12:03AM +0100, Sean Quinlan wrote: > > * Phil Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-08-17 23:50): > > mount -t vfat -o blocksize=1024 /dev/hdd4 /mnt/point > > I tried this just now, still no joy. I am seeing something with hdd4 that > I don't see with any other device name, however, regardless of mount options: > > [~]# mount .... /dev/hdd4 /mnt/point > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdd4, > or too many mounted file systems > -> (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use > -> ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) > [~]# > > There's nothing special about this IDE controller, it's just an onboard > controller from a plain Dell mobo. I tried sr0 and sda, they failed > (not surprisingly).
I had a look at the Zip-Drive mini howto, and it seems horribly out of date (they're still talking about 2.0.x kernels), so it probably won't be much help :) After looking at the kernel config, it seems that IDE-floppy support may be needed to access the zip250 drive. Check your .config file for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY, if its compiled as a module, try "modprobe ide-floppy" before the mount command. If its built in (=y) then check dmesg for any signs of it picking up your drive. > > > That can't be the right conclusion -- I was running the same 2.2.19 kernel > > > under RH7 that I'm running now under Debian, built from stock sources. > > > > Are you using the exact same kernel (ie. copied the kernel from the > > Redhat /boot to the Debian /boot), or are you using the same kernel > > revision, but you went through the menuconfig or xconfig seperately. > > No but no. :-) I kept the .config file resulting from the kernel build > with me, to seed the configuration. So it's not the same image file, > but it is the same configuration. OK, well that's good, although it means that its something to do with the configuration in Debian :( Hopefully its the module above, but if not, then I should be able to get access to a Redhat 7.1 machine at work, and I can have a look at their kernel config and such on Monday. Cheers, Sean -- Sean Quinlan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
