Alot of EIDE drives have issues with being slaved to a EIDE cdrom, I'd
recommend trying the zip as master (even if linux recognizes it, it doesn't
mean it can access it properly!)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan
> Cornilescu
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 12:22 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: IDE Zip no workie
>
>
> Vidiot wrote:
> >
> > I first looked at the Zip HOWTO, but it is too old and knows
> nothing about
> > the IDE ZIP drive. I have it in the hdd position, as a slave
> of hdc, a CD-ROM
> > drive.
> >
> > At boot time, the kernel sees and lists the drive, but I cannot
> mount anything.
> > I thought I kept a message about said drive, but guess not.
>
> $ dmesg | grep IOMEGA
> hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100, 96MB w/16kB Cache, CHS=512/12/32
> :)
> >
> > I'd appreciate any clues as to what to do to get this drive to
> mount Zip disks.
> > If it takes a kernel recompile, so be it, as I'm all set to do
> that (having
> > done it already), putting in any config changes that are necessary.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Didn't play with it, but...
> How are you trying to mount it?
> Do you have a /dev/hdd entry in /etc/fstab?
> Does the mount point exist?
> Is a msdos or ext2 disk you're trying to mount?
> Is the disk formatted? (For ext2, I guess you need to mke2fs
> it...)
>
> I *think* it should act just like any harddrive.
> Is the drive detected in your cmos?
>
> dan
>
>
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