Subject: Re: Zip disk ?
From: Rob Brandt (rbrandt@sbdsl.com)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 22:39:54 MDT
Thanks to who ever started this thread. I need to do this too.
I've followed the directions below, but when I try to mount the disk I get
the message:
SCSI device sdb: 196608 512-byte hdwr sectors (101)MB
sdb: write protect is off
hfs_fs: unable to read block 0x00000252 from dev 08:11
hfs_fs: unable to read superblock
VFS: Cant find a HFS filesystem on the dev 08:11
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, or too many
mounted file systems
My fstab is entered as below, just like suggested. The zip disks I am
trying to mount are newly formatted and readable by a Mac.
/dev/sda /mnt/zip hfs rw,noauto,user 0 0
However, if I change "hfs" to "auto" I can mount and read DOS formatted zip
disks. Mac formatted doesn't work.
How do I fix this?
Rob
>>>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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