[97796] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Zip
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Messmer)
Thu Nov 5 04:42:05 1998
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 22:10:06 -0800
From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Sean Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> > Yup, it's already enabled. SCSI and IDE are probed at boot. If it's
> > parallel, try "modprobe ppa", it should tell you what device it's
> > attached to. /dev/sda, I think. If that works, you can add:
> > alias scsi_hostadapter ppa
> > to /etc/conf.modules, and :
> > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip vfat user,noauto,defaults 0 0
> > to /etc/fstab
>
> Note the "/dev/sda4" part. That 4 threw me for a while. Anybody know
> why it's 4?
Yup, that's the way IOMega made it. Zip disks, unlike floppies, have
partitions on them. You can partition a Zip disk just the way you'd
partition any SCSI or IDE disk. The IOmega Tools disk uses partition
1 as it's primary (sole) partition. All their other disks use
partition 4. Why is that? I don't know. Sony disks all use
partition 1. If it irritates you, and you don't need DOS (that stands
for Denial Of Service, or (quick) Dirty Operating System depending on
who you ask) compatibility, you can use fdisk to remove partition 4
and add partition 1, then make a new ext2 fs on it. (Or a dos fs...)
Note: I've never been able to get Windows to see multiple partitions
as multiple drive letters, but I wonder if you went to the properties
of the device and set the lower drive letter to N: and the upper to
P:, if it would.
MSG
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request@redhat.com with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
