Subject: Re: Zip disk ?
From: Joss Winn (joss@josswinn.org)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 03:05:25 MDT
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>From: Andre <charly22@sympatico.ca>
>Subject: Zip disk ?
>How can I mount a zip disk?
>Thanks in advance!
>Andre
su <to change to root>
<enter password>
mkdir /mnt/zip <to make the zip directory>
<plug zip drive in>
dmesg <to find the /dev node>
<look for the /dev node the drive has grabbed. Probably /dev/sda or
something similar>
vi /etc/fstab
<to edit the file - in vi, press 'i' before inserting
text and escape after you've finished inserting text. Press SHIFT Z, twice
to save and quit>
<enter a line that looks something like this:>
/dev/sda /mnt/zip hfs rw,noauto,user 0 0
<you need to determine the node number for the disk format: my hfs disk mounts on /sda, my dos on
/sda4 and my ext2 on /sda1>
<save and quit>
<slip a disk in the drive>
<if you use a USB drive, enter:>
modprobe usb-storage <load the usb driver>
exit <exit su mode>
mount /mnt/zip <you'll hear the drive start up>
<use disk :-)>
(to unmount, type umount /mnt/zip and to eject, type eject /mnt/zip)
any problems give me a shout. Likely problems will be the wrong /dev
node or the wrong formatted disk. Remember to use HFS, not HFS+
If this works for you, please tell me and I'll stick it up on some
newbie help place. It's a question that is asked constantly.
-- http://www.josswinn.org
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