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Re: parrallel ZIP drive isn't assigned device

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Waugh)
Sun Oct 4 13:37:14 1998

Date: 	Sun, 4 Oct 1998 18:08:59 +0100 (BST)
From: Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk>
To: Andrew Clausen <clausen@alphalink.com.au>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <36169A08.DAB20958@alphalink.com.au>

On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Andrew Clausen wrote:

> # mount /dev/sda1 /zip
> 
> It complains that its not a block device, and that I should try loading
> a driver.  The HOWTOs say that
> the device should be allocated automatically.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Try "mount /dev/sda4 /zip".  Pre-formatted Zip disks often have
a partition table listing only the 4th primary partition.

Tim.
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