I am also switching from 2.2 to 2.4 kernel but i cant mount it at all, even with the fstype. I have read almost eveything i could find and i cant get it to work =/
On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:57:33 -0700 "ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 07 June 2002 09:13 pm, robert jorgenson wrote: > > Ok i had this working fine under my 2.2 distrobution kernel(debian) with > > modprobe ppa. i Decided to compile a 2.4 kernel and i an trying to get it > > to work correctly. Right now i have scsi support enabled, scsi disk support > > enabled, the ppa module compiled in as a module, and parallel printing > > enabled as a module(as per the zip drive mini-hwoto). When i try to mount > > /dev/sda4 it says that /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device. I have kernel > > compiled about 6 times tonight and i would really like next time to be last > > time, at least for tonight :) andone know what might be wrong? > > i'm not sure if the situation is exactly the same as in my case, but since > the switch from a 2.2 to the 2.4 kernel, i have to use a full mount command > specifying the fstype to get the zip drive up, as in: > > mount -t<fstype (e.g. vfat or ext2)> /dev/sda4 /zip > > as opposed to previously using a simple mount /zip, even though the fstab > entry for the /zip drive is auto > > /dev/sda4 /zip auto defaults,rw,users,noauto 0 0 > > i have ppa support complied into the kernel. > > ben > > > -- > 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]
